Example sentences of "he could n't [verb] [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 . |