Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you could n't drape prettiness over Timothy Gedge . |
| 2 | Oh I could n't eat chocolate in bed . |
| 3 | But she could n't stop thinking of David in his white coat , visiting the patients , touching them , and this was where her thoughts made her tingle all over , and she had to set her mind to something else . |
| 4 | You could n't distinguish German from ice . |
| 5 | Could n't fault Pride of Calais ( or her sister ship , Dover ) : spacious and comfortable , a good-looking restaurant and cafeteria . |
| 6 | Well anyway it gets half way through this wood I could n't see couple of yards in front of me |
| 7 | Somewhere along the line , Cat and Prince 's Paisley Park organisation could n't see eye to eye . |
| 8 | er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't |
| 9 | I could n't get hold of Desmond Ingard , then I remembered Andrew Stavanger , whom , I must say , I trusted a good deal more . |
| 10 | Yes yes of co of course I was , but i could n't get hold of Dr and I thought well we 're gon na have to try it this way anyway at some stage . |
| 11 | Dr. Marten shoes were most frequently seen on younger kids who could n't get hold of suedehead shoes . |
| 12 | Nature was blooming and burgeoning , but poor Karen could n't get gravid for love or money . |
| 13 | It seemed that I just could n't turn desire into reality . |
| 14 | A minute or two later Pat said he could n't keep height for lack of power and we would have to ditch . |