Example sentences of "could not [adv] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And however much I hated the idea , sooner or later I would have to tell somebody about it — Toby , perhaps either the truth or a lie I would have to tell , because I could n't any longer pretend it was nobody 's business but mine . |
| 2 | When we got outside I said I could n't very well offer him one I only had two left in the packet |
| 3 | He could n't very well throw her out . |
| 4 | " No — I could n't very well do it on the mud . |
| 5 | ‘ But we could n't very well call you Blackpool , could we ? ’ she had remarked once to Preston with somewhat suspect logic . |
| 6 | I knew immediately what they were , she could n't very well deny it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ No one would see it , and if they did they could n't very well ride it away with a flat tyre . |