Example sentences of "could not [vb infin] [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The position had been reached where she could not make out the labels on the cans of food she was heating up . |
| 2 | She could not make out the words , but knew instinctively they 'd been uttered by the uncle of her child . |
| 3 | The inquirer could not print out the pages herself at this point as the microcomputer was in use , so they were printed out and passed on to her . |
| 4 | The member States of the Commission could not carry out the duties entrusted to the Commission . |
| 5 | At present it appears that local authorities can draw up individual access arrangements with the new owners , but this is not a satisfactory solution , partly because some authorities may not have the motivation to do so , and partly because they are all very short of money and could not back up the agreements financially . |
| 6 | Secondly , the Government have evaded parliamentary questions by placing the Benefits Agency and other agencies beyond our reach : we could not find out the answers without going through ever more tortuous procedures . |
| 7 | Just as Paul Gascoigne was overcome with emotion at England 's World Cup exit in Italia '90 , Cantona could n't hold back the tears when he was joined on the chat show sofa … by his grandmother . |
| 8 | On another low table by the wall there was an inexpensive stereo unit and some uneven stacks of records ; he could n't make out the details on the posters on the wall above the unit , but they might have been Escher prints . |
| 9 | He heard two men arguing , but with water lapping in his ears he could n't make out the words . |
| 10 | With this she knocked away the snow from the lettering — but then found she could n't make out the words in the dark . |
| 11 | He tried to speak but she could n't make out the words . |
| 12 | Someone was yelling , but Christine could n't make out the words . |
| 13 | The thrust of his invasive tongue was unbelievably erotic … it was frightening , and exciting , and even the grim memory of Mortimer could n't shake off the shivers of reaction in her stomach . |
| 14 | But it was n't actually , it were something else , and people were finding that their goods were repossessed because they could n't keep up the payments . |