Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time , you wanted to grab Connie Fraser , and send her out in the country with a medical man to say she could n't talk to the law . |
| 2 | If it was some horrible misunderstanding , he could n't talk to the girl to try to clear it up ; instead , he had to be kept in prison to prevent any possibility of contact . |
| 3 | It was something else that was bothering him , something illogical that he could n't explain to the Captain until he had explained it to himself . |
| 4 | But she could n't go to a television interview like this , without make-up . |
| 5 | Well I could n't go to the bottom of the table because of the Eeeuk ! |
| 6 | Well , they 've had , they 've only had you must of been better or Miss Johnson would of said you could n't go to the public |
| 7 | My limbs were managed and there was grit embedded all over my body , it was so painful , I could n't go to the loo and the Balinese maid had to give us sponge baths . |
| 8 | But you could n't go to the doctor 's until surgery time , that were six o'clock you see . |
| 9 | offered to call round if I could n't go to the meeting . |
| 10 | Monday , cos I could n't go to the gym . |
| 11 | I could n't go to the disco , Mammy . ’ |
| 12 | It would be especially bad for the old folk who ca n't walk very far — they could n't walk to a bus stop outside the estate could they ? |
| 13 | But even they could n't dance to the music . |
| 14 | He could n't warm to the notion of a Gooseneck-Sunil love affair : the potential for pain seemed too great . |
| 15 | She could n't take to the child . |
| 16 | I could n't lie to an adult . |
| 17 | She could n't see to the bottom of the scree slope . |
| 18 | They could n't come to a decision so they put it to the vote when — as the book put it — a pair of bearded anarchists , one with flame red hair , appeared out of nowhere and took their decision for them , smashing down the gates with sledgehammers . |
| 19 | Philip thought that maybe Mrs Wright 's friend was an invalid and could n't come to the door to open it . |
| 20 | Marie Claire had written to say she could n't come to the wedding and had sent a present of yet more tablecloths and napkins . |
| 21 | Tried to ring you but could n't get to a phone . ’ |
| 22 | He still could n't get to the bottom of it . |
| 23 | They could n't get to the top ; there were too many cars . |
| 24 | ‘ It was so dark I could hardly see where to put my cross on the voting slip — and then I could n't get to the ballot box which was situated in a poky little office . |
| 25 | Obviously I could n't mime to a voice of seventeen years ago , no way on earth ! |
| 26 | Sorrel could n't run to the back of an envelope , but found instead a spare section of Filofax pages , just about the most expensive scribble pad you could get short of using ten-pound notes . |
| 27 | So when I knew I had cancer and was facing death , I still could n't pray to the God I associated with the churches . |
| 28 | He simply could n't respond to the person she had become . |