Example sentences of "could not [adv] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typically subjects either described at length one feature of interest ignoring all others , or else they gave several brief cryptic comments which could not unambiguously assigned to particular objects in the film . |
| 2 | It was clear that he and Sarah could not easily talk to each other about sexual issues . |
| 3 | A generation ago in the South , blacks could not even go to white lavatories or be buried in white cemeteries — let alone compete for good jobs or live in white suburbs . |
| 4 | I could not possibly go to another doctor . |
| 5 | He might be amazingly good to look at , he might be brilliant company , he might possibly be an amazing lover , though she could n't truthfully testify to that in depth , but jokes and … and sex were n't everything . |
| 6 | Andy 's a real mate he just kept saying straight heads er for all the times when I might have said oh , I could n't really talk to some people last night and he 'd say what you mean straight heads ? he 's right . |
| 7 | People could n't really afford to that then . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , the only pot-bellied old man they ran into was clutching a plastic container of meths , and our heroes could n't quite sink to such a Lollapalooza level of debauchery … |