Example sentences of "could not [verb] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the other day on ’ Panorama ’ Conservative councillors in Worcester said that they could not build new council houses without losing money . |
| 2 | A COMMITTED Colchester side could not prevent National League Division One side Old Loughtonians from claiming the Essex Cup for the seventh time in ten years down in Chigwell . |
| 3 | Is it not simply because of this : that the government , because of their appalling mismanagement of our economy , have been forced to concede that they simply could not achieve that inflation target which they had set for themselves . |
| 4 | Bridgend4 BRIDGEND simply could not win enough quality possession in their Schweppes Welsh Cup quarter-final at Rodney Parade on Saturday , and though Newport did not make the most of their chances they still won fairly comfortably . |
| 5 | Earlier that day , Fimbra had sent an investigation team to the King Street offices but could not find several client records or locate Mr Renton . |
| 6 | After the October Revolution artists aimed at embodying political and social comment in real , tangible objects — even if , in the event , the masses could not afford finely-crafted porcelain bowls with political slogans in gold-leaf ( let alone actually use them ) . |
| 7 | An historic legal decision will give tens of thousands of European students who could not afford British college fees the right to apply for discretionary grants . |
| 8 | An historic legal decision will give tens of thousands of European students who could not afford British college fees the right to apply for discretionary grants . |
| 9 | The people who backed Docklands Express and Brown Windsor in last Saturday 's Grand National can attest to that : they backed their opinion with real cash — but for all their money , they could n't make either horse win . |
| 10 | The Oaks ' blood was dominant there he thought ; you could n't beat good farming stock . |
| 11 | ‘ They could n't eat whole rugby balls . ’ |
| 12 | The guitar 's low profile , slight body and super-thin neck make for a very lightweight playing experience and I could n't detect any balance problems , either . |
| 13 | Clarke himself believes the party simply could n't bear another leadership contest coming so soon after the Thatcher dismissal . |
| 14 | She could n't forget those brand marks . |
| 15 | " Put him on the table please , " I said , and as he lifted the little animal I decided that I could n't let this opportunity pass . |
| 16 | I put that er I could n't find that cheque book for love nor money . |
| 17 | We still could n't get that birdie putt , though . |
| 18 | It was one of the only places that you could get banjo strings to put on the top , because in the old days you could n't get thin guitar strings . |
| 19 | Even when the sound button was pressed we could n't get any sound volume m sound out of it whatever . |
| 20 | Many banks closed down because they could n't need new Government guidelines designed to stop the spread of the HIV virus . |
| 21 | we were , we were furniture made , you know , all we thought about was the home and in fact once we could n't afford any wall paper we were decorating so George painted the wall white and we got saucepan lids , and even the dustbin lid and with er , er , a black pen , felt type pen I suppose although felt pens were n't out then |