Example sentences of "they could [not/n't] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past , in the past these children would be so severely mentally handicapped that they could n't lead a normal life , but if , if your able to control this disease and bring them up intellectually normal so that they 're like everybody else , they 're going to have the same life expectation and hopes and aspirations as the best , that 's the best of us , and what do women do when they get to the |
| 2 | Without Gesner and the rest of the cast they could n't do a great deal , but the Maritza scenes with Freddi could be rehearsed and several other small fragments of the three old operettas . |
| 3 | They could n't handle a nervous breakdown . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's simple , ’ he says , ‘ they could n't get a legal worker to do the things that we would . |
| 5 | Former Detective Superintendent George who was in charge of the Birmingham pub bombings investigation , Detective Constable Terence and Detective Sergeant Colin were told last week of the judge 's view they could n't get a fair trial . |
| 6 | They could n't get a red one . |
| 7 | When the police turned up , they could n't find a single witness — no one wanted to know . |
| 8 | Er , and I got up and I protested about it , on the grounds that if they could n't run a great big pop hall for , and I wholly agreed with the idea , of of them providing the facility . |
| 9 | They could n't have a better time to do it . |
| 10 | They could not exclude a fourth person nominated by the company . |
| 11 | The founders of the Community knew that they could not create a viable organisation if they established goals that could never be achieved . |
| 12 | Hardliners reckon that without him they could not withstand a reformist onslaught for long . |
| 13 | Some prisoners were so scarred by their treatment that they could not resume a normal life . |
| 14 | They rejoiced in the fervour of the Patarini , as the insurgents were called ; and they delighted to find allies in the war against simony and clerical marriage ( see p. 437 ) ; but they could not condone a consistent stand against the authority of the archbishop . |
| 15 | They could not produce a new conversation in the milliseconds that they were accustomed to . |
| 16 | An Outer London authority noted that funds were specifically budgeted for training but that there were no budgets for individual departments , and that therefore they could not state a specific amount . |