Example sentences of "could n't [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One surely could n't hope for greater understanding . ’ |
| 2 | I could n't stay for one day . ’ |
| 3 | We could n't tender for new business . |
| 4 | Dot did n't mind about the toys and she knew she could n't ask for ginger pop because that cost money but she would have liked to have had her victory token back . |
| 5 | Spencer has his characters busy washing sheets , making beds , tidying cupboards , and Christ and his apostles appear in Cookham as though attending a summer regatta- ’ ‘ Fine , ’ he says , rising from his chair , ‘ I could n't ask for more proof of realism , of everyday life … |
| 6 | She turned to the bookcase : ‘ Those were his books , but after he had his stroke he could n't read for any length of time without tiring his eyes and I used to read to him . |