Example sentences of "you could [not/n't] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You snored all night , ’ he said with relish , and Cermait got up and removed himself from this low vulgar company , because you could not stay in a room with people who told the High Queen that you snored .
2 By the time that you have battled against the wind to get there , you may find that it has some hazard that you could not see from a distance , and then there may be no other good field within reach .
3 It is time that your creative talents were developed alongside individuals who are of like mind and outlook , and you could not wish for a better planetary set-up to further your aims and ambitions : the past few years have taught you all you need to know about self-survival .
4 You could not ask for a better curtain-raiser to the day 's racing .
5 There was a time when you could n't go through a week , perhaps could n't even going through a day , without hearing the British National Anthem somewhere .
6 You could n't go into a restaurant on The Strip if you did n't have a black tie .
7 Stuff you could n't do as a drummer because you would have to follow the snare drum at the same time
8 And the salad stuff and fresh fruit and all that sort of thing , takes about the full length of our bar up you know , you , you could n't think of a salad that is n't there .
9 You could n't move around a lot .
10 You could n't hope for a clearer sign of how things have changed in new music over the last decade or so than the sight of five eminent young , or young-ish , British composers applying their ingenuity to the art of writing divertimentos ( two of them even opting for late eighteenth-century period instrument ensembles ) as curtain raisers for last year 's Glyndebourne Mozart performances ( the promised Don Giovanni serenade by Oliver Knussen never materialized ) .
11 If , he reasoned , you could n't live in a fashionable district with a BMW in a parking spot you had paid for , then you might as well not live at all .
12 We think you 'll agree — you could n't wish for a better match .
13 You could n't wish for a better place to work .
14 The chap is very very experienced , he knows what he 's doing and he 's he you you could n't ask for a better worker really but yes d I I do believe he 's got a problem with his eyesight .
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