Example sentences of "could n't [verb] the right [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A SHORT-SIGHTED burglar tried to break into an optician 's but could n't see the right way in .
2 Jeanette knew exactly how she wanted to look on here wedding day , but could n't find the right dress pattern .
3 But surgeons were forced to call it a day because they could n't find the right tools for the job .
4 The island was a small one in the this has got a heart middle of the pond I could n't find the right line that 's why I did that .
5 Because the police could n't get the right person , the next best was going to have to do .
6 I could n't get the right bolts .
7 ‘ I can remember phone numbers , decks of cards , all the Olympic medal-winners going back a century but I could n't remember the right day on which to turn up — at least I was n't a week late . ’
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