Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the moment this innovatory scheme was still at the planning stage , but once it got off the ground I could n't fail to gross a minimum of fifty thou in the first year of operation , after which the sky was the limit . |
| 2 | Barbara Stanwyck spent her whole career suffering and dying just because the dreamership could n't stand to see a woman come first . ’ |
| 3 | That 's why I could n't ooh I could n't stand to marry a man that 's drank you know . |
| 4 | Erm is it , It 's not an atom but it 's You could n't break say a piece of uranium or into an atom , but you could break it up into an isotope . |
| 5 | Jessamy prized her privacy far too much , she could n't bear to have a pack of journalists prying into every corner of her life . |
| 6 | We were only supposed to have two scones each , otherwise the Red Cross could n't expect to make a profit . |
| 7 | Stephen could n't resist boasting a bit . |
| 8 | I could n't resist taking a swing over towards the even huger area where full-sized ships would come down , if they did . |
| 9 | He could n't resist putting a sneer into the words . |
| 10 | Right to the end , he could n't resist putting a spoke into someone else 's wheel . |
| 11 | He adored his daughter ; he could n't resist putting a hand on her head and ruffling the bright blonde hair . |
| 12 | When I took these two guitars into the studio to try them out , over the course of the first hour everyone and their cat called in and could n't resist having a go . |
| 13 | Even the Head of the School of Languages , Leisure and Tourism could n't resist having a go on the roller boller . |
| 14 | I hope you do n't mind — I could n't resist having a bath . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But I 'm not at all hungry , really , ’ said Breeze , who could n't have swallowed a mouthful at that moment . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , as I said , my mother is allergic to feathers , so I could n't have kept a bird at home even if I 'd had one . |
| 17 | I could n't have run a raid yesterday , and I 'm certain sure he could n't . |
| 18 | Oh I could n't have done a quarter of it . |
| 19 | Oh , I could n't have done a quarter of it . |
| 20 | Walt Disney could n't have staged a better aqua show with Azinger hooking into water , and opponent Ballesteros topping it in there after him — and failing , despite a 40-foot putt . |
| 21 | You could n't have got a baby-sitter ? ’ |
| 22 | In any case , she could n't have held a conversation there . |
| 23 | We could n't have left a tap on , as we had taken the precaution of turning the water off at the mains , so where could it be coming from ? |
| 24 | Certainly , she reflected at the end of a long , tiring but satisfying day , she could n't have found a job more calculated to keep her mind off the past . |
| 25 | His leg seemed to have stopped bleeding , or very nearly , and he could n't have severed an artery or he 'd have bled to death by now , but all the same there had to be a pretty serious wound under the cloth of his trousers and the faster I could get him to a doctor the better . |
| 26 | Not because I could n't have had a holiday only that er we had loads of milk so we had to go and fetch it from the farms and you got ta have somebody to take it out . |
| 27 | ‘ You could n't have had a golf course made for a man 's game more than that golf course for John Daly , ’ observed the man who has won more Masters than anyone , six all told and now playing his 34th in succession . |
| 28 | ' They could n't have had an accident , could they ? ’ asked Karen . |
| 29 | We do know that he could n't have used a beehive . |
| 30 | But with those powerful arms enclosing her she could n't seem to remember a word of it . |