Example sentences of "we could [not/n't] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't remember the wages they paid us but we could n't get work in the shops anyway . |
| 2 | In this study we could not show correlation between pathological scores or their distribution and any clinical parameter . |
| 3 | At times , pressure on space meant we could not do justice to the work she did for us , but nevertheless she continued to keep up the high standards she set herself . |
| 4 | Indeed , on the slower systems , John Arnell , business manager with the company 's Personal Systems division admits ‘ we could not meet demand of any substance in the next month ’ . |
| 5 | Indeed , on the slower systems , Arnell , business manager with the company 's Personal Systems division admits ‘ we could not meet demand of any substance in the next month ’ . |
| 6 | If six men were left , we could not take control of the ship ; and because only six were left , the captain 's men did not need my help . |
| 7 | Now if the Labour group had moved a widening of erm the sort of provision in our elderly persons homes , I could have understood that , because we did n't have real figures , we could not get hold of real figures , every time I went back to a local party meeting , to the Labour group , to any other member they said , do you realise this home has this number of vacancies and your report says that number . |