Example sentences of "you could n't [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could n't do business with — take over — an organization unless it was private enterprise . |
| 2 | You could n't invent stuff like this . |
| 3 | You could n't distinguish German from ice . |
| 4 | But you could n't drape prettiness over Timothy Gedge . |
| 5 | You could n't take responsibility for living bodies , blood that can flow , nerves that can actually feel . |
| 6 | And of course , you could n't keep pace with it , because Buckingham Palace had bought it you see , and it was good . |
| 7 | The sort of secretary you could n't get hold of at Harris , Harris and Overdene . |
| 8 | Because I could n't er i mean Chris was one minute he was on the phone , the next minute you could n't get hold of him . |
| 9 | At one time he , he lived at , they lived at but er er she was a widow and she was ninety but she was very good to us and , but we had er , we had apartments but there was a lock on both sides of the door , you know what I mean , we were quite self-contained and we had er er a narrow stairs and because of the war I could n't , you could n't er , I used to scrub the stairs down because you could n't buy carpet in those days , you see because of the war and to the shortage of stuff and so I used to keep those stairs nice and , we had a , a , we went , as we went up these stairs erm it , I suppose originally , you see , it would have been back stairs for the servants , you see , in the hall and this old lady used to go in and if ever she had the doctor she used to ask me if I would go and sit with her and hold her hand while the doctor came , you see . |