Example sentences of "he could not [vb infin] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He heard two men arguing , but with water lapping in his ears he could n't make out the words . |
| 2 | On another low table by the wall there was an inexpensive stereo unit and some uneven stacks of records ; he could n't make out the details on the posters on the wall above the unit , but they might have been Escher prints . |
| 3 | ‘ He could n't go out the front door to play without being mugged . ’ |
| 4 | He tried to hit me , kept pummelling me with his podgy fists , but he could n't summon up the necessary enthusiasm . |
| 5 | If he could n't keep up the whacked — out , languid image , you feel he 'd be ripping himself apart with guilt and recriminations . |
| 6 | But the maddest thing , Anton , how he was and what was happening to him , he could not scream out the shame of it . |
| 7 | He contemplated becoming a teacher and giving up acting , except he could not shake off the desire . |
| 8 | ‘ Early days maybe , as the physician said — he could not rule out the possibility . |
| 9 | County homicide chief , Lieutenant John Tenwolde said he could not rule out the possibility that Mr Spiro had also been a victim of his family 's killer . |
| 10 | He could not take over the South Metropolitan until a suitable post had been found for Mr. Mason . |