Example sentences of "could n't [verb] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't make out the expression on his face as he spoke , and in a way she was glad that she could n't . |
| 2 | She saw the Jaguar parked there but could n't make out the identity of its occupant . |
| 3 | Maggie glanced at her alarm clock , but could n't make out the time . |
| 4 | At first , her eyes still full of tears , she could n't make out the figure . |
| 5 | ‘ Despite several rests ranging from a few days up to a whole week , I could n't shake off the injury and it just got worse . |
| 6 | Also I could n't shake off the imprint of The Fat Controller 's locutions . |
| 7 | ‘ Could n't let down the guv'nor , ’ Bob said cheerfully . |
| 8 | I , standing on my tiptoes I could n't see out the window to , to look out to the stage erm , and there was a huge step up , it was about that , which was great for people 's bad backs and if you got up on that , erm then you sat on top of a very high cocktail chair , in fact one of our people had to kneel on top of the high cocktail chair , to look , to see down , over the window , down to the stage and they did n't give us a sound feed which would sound familiar |
| 9 | I would imagine i , i , if they went to look at it for fire and , or anything like that you 'd be in the wrong cos you could n't get out the kitchen . |
| 10 | No , in the end we just could n't turn down the money . |
| 11 | I could n't keep up the pretence any longer . |
| 12 | The goalkeeper got a finger to it but could n't keep out the screamer . |
| 13 | What about in rounders when you could n't pick up the ball . |
| 14 | and could n't pick up the sodding two . |
| 15 | I think they both actually probably work it 's just they could n't figure out the programming on them . |