Example sentences of "he could [not/n't] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Davenport asked for a move last month because he could n't get a first team chance . |
| 2 | It sounded such a stilted way to put it , but he could n't find a different approach at the moment . |
| 3 | Subsequently the council 's own officers told the inquiry that a pedestrian had been killed on Hollyhurst Road because he could n't find a safe place to cross , that ambulances struggle to get down Hollyhurst Road in emergencies , that residents cars are blocked in their drives and that buses have to drop off in the middle of the road . |
| 4 | He could n't remember a single record , track or tape played . |
| 5 | He could n't remember a single ! |
| 6 | ‘ Ahh , he could n't catch a bloody cold , ’ snapped Yanto and carried the drinks back into the snug . |
| 7 | Bloke may have been able to read minds , but he could n't read a bleeding contract . |
| 8 | ‘ Some stoutly affirmed that as Head of the Church of England he could not marry a divorced woman . |
| 9 | One consequence was that Pitt had to float special government loans at high discounts , because he could not secure a sufficient sum from the " market " . |
| 10 | But on March 20th , a week before the hearing was due , he withdrew his request , saying that he could not expect a fair hearing from the governor and had no wish to take part in an ‘ empty game ’ . |
| 11 | Although Gaitskell at first stood his ground , it was obvious that , in the face of obstruction from the industry , he could not make a sensible price policy stick , and in July he announced the abandonment of the Clow surcharge . |
| 12 | Hunt reported on 14th December , 1858 that he had found that the site was just adequate , but he could not make a precise calculation until the accommodation requirements had been considered further by the India Office and the space required by the Foreign Office had been settled . |
| 13 | As Harry squeezed through the ruck to order another pint , he could not suppress a private smile at Minter 's expense . |
| 14 | ‘ Markham received help for two years , but with new applicants coming along it was felt he could not receive a third grant . ’ |
| 15 | He could not follow a single text of the Gita . |
| 16 | But he could not forestall a major parliamentary outcry on the news of McGregor 's appointment . |
| 17 | Yet this man found himself unloved , in that he demanded so much from his friends that he could not find a close , enduring relationship to satisfy him . |
| 18 | He could not resist a faint smile creeping over his face . |
| 19 | There is a story that they bet him a substantial sum that he could not read a certain number of books of the Bible without talking . |
| 20 | When conscription was introduced , he could not plead a conscientious objection to war in general . |
| 21 | Assessing his father retrospectively with a mixture of filial compassion and uncompromising lucidity , Nizan remarked : My father depicted culture as power and wealth , as the one thing that he did not have and without which he could not become a bourgeois . |
| 22 | Therefore he could not claim a good title by raising an estoppel against the true owner . |
| 23 | Their move follows a judge 's protest this week that he could not imprison a 13-year-old torturer who carved his initials on a boy 's back . |
| 24 | Then , almost so certain as to be positive that he could not abide a clinging type of woman , she hooked her arm through his . |