Example sentences of "they could [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And some of them , of course , emigrated to the United States because they could n't cope with life back in the old lands , the Shakers , are they part of the same sort |
| 2 | It was an open secret that unless they found some other client of similar credibility and budget appropriation they could n't continue in business . ’ |
| 3 | If innkeepers did not have a right of sale they would be left with the property of guests which they could not realise in order to satisfy the debt . |
| 4 | In a sharply critical personal statement in the House of Commons on Nov. 13 he said that the so-called Madrid conditions for UK entry into the ERM , agreed by the European Council in June 1989 [ see pp. 36740-41 ] , had come into existence only after he and the then Chancellor of the Exchequer , Nigel Lawson , had made it clear that they could not continue in office unless a specific commitment to join the ERM was made , and he accused the Prime Minister of increasingly risking leading herself and others astray in matters of substance as well as of style . |
| 5 | They could not rely on support from all of their members and the TUC nor could they call out the membership so as to hit other newspapers and so bring indirect pressure to bear on Shah . |
| 6 | It stated the soldier 's undying love for his wife but also made it plain that he realised that they could not live in harmony , so they had better not see each other . |
| 7 | Later , when dealing with the case against the appellant Low , and having told the jury that they could not consider as evidence against him any statements made by the second appellant , he added : ‘ Now in deciding what it was that the first accused is proved to have done , you must consider all the evidence available in the case against the first accused in coming to this decision , but only that evidence . ’ |