Example sentences of "could not [vb infin] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was never happy all the time , but i could get no character and could not get out of the life . |
| 2 | It was then he found he could not get out of the finance deal . |
| 3 | Rodney was not in the best of tempers because ( he kept saying ) he could n't see out of the rear window with that damned bicycle in the way . |
| 4 | But there was the famous walk-out when he stormed off the podium and then could n't get out of the hall because all the doors were locked . |
| 5 | Instead of making chances for his colleagues , the Scot , as predicted , could n't get out of the habit of making for goal himself , so the attack was stifled of passes . |
| 6 | This disconnection between aims and curricular plans seems to be an endemic disease of curricular planning and , unless amended , the National Curriculum will show that in the late twentieth century the policy makers still could n't get out of the rut of traditional thinking that has dogged education throughout this century . |
| 7 | I got cramp in my leg and I just could n't get out of the chair . |
| 8 | She could n't get out of the pit , but somebody knew she was there : her therapist gave her something of the same feeling but was far from being as much fun . |
| 9 | ‘ I just could n't get out of the way in time and the bike clipped my leg . |