Example sentences of "and could not [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shareholders had clearly manifested an intention to sell their shares and could not continue with the sale without giving the other shareholders a right to exercise their option under the articles . |
| 2 | Something that was not form , but was only matter , could not become general in this way and could not answer to the generality of the concepts with which we think . |
| 3 | The Russian landlords did not and could not revolt against the tsar , who alone provided them with some legitimation against a peasantry profoundly convinced that the land belonged to him who laboured it , but also of their hierarchic subordination to the representatives of God and the emperor . |
| 4 | They again became the ‘ weaker sex ’ , who were delicate and fragile and could not cope with the strains of learning and would continue to be mere property to be traded at will . |
| 5 | ‘ He was really looking forward to being a father and could not wait for the birth . |
| 6 | I need crutches to get around the house and could not get to the concert , ’ she said . |
| 7 | They found it had not been modified in any way and could not operate on the 27–28 MHz frequency ( the FM Citizens ' Band ) . |