Example sentences of "could not [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who could not leave work in time could catch the 19:46 and we would all travel back together . |
| 2 | Once she was there it would require a tremendous effort of will to get her back to London — except that she could not leave Holly in charge for more than a day ; and except that she was avid for information about the murder inquiry ; and except that there were any number of good stories she wanted to pursue for the column and any amount of private gossip she wanted to hear . |
| 3 | They could not go side by side . |
| 4 | He was troubled , I could see , because , being unable to share these memories , he could not disentangle truth from fiction or creative embellishment from accurate detail . |
| 5 | Policy discontinuity frustrated industrialists and investors who wished to engage in forward planning : they could not anticipate stability in government programs . |
| 6 | Again in Johnston v Chamberlain ( 1933 ) 17 TC 706 , the taxpayer sought to argue that a payment from a discretionary trust could not give rise to income tax liability on the beneficiary as it was " only when the trustees choose to exercise their discretion by making the payment that the sum gets to the children at all " . |
| 7 | This continued to amaze Ludens who could not imagine existence without reading . |
| 8 | His argument was that the Church of Ireland was ‘ poisoned by ecumenism ’ and as such he , as a Free Presbyterian , could not take part in fund-raising on its behalf . |
| 9 | The British felt very confident of their position at sea ; to reinforce the strength of their blockage they laid down unilaterally the rule of 1756 that neutrals could not take advantage of wartime conditions to enter upon trade that would not have been allowed in peacetime . |
| 10 | In contrast to the Hong Kong Basic Law , the Macao draft law imposed no restrictions on foreign passport holders taking key posts in Macao after 1999 except for the chief executive who could not gain right of abode in a foreign country during his term of office . |
| 11 | surveyor could not gain access to roof voids but concluded was in reasonable condition for its age . |
| 12 | The members of the commission could not gain entry to north Korea and could not observe the nature of elections there . |
| 13 | Hence if a registered shareholder , A , first executes a transfer to a purchaser , B , and later to another , C , while both remain unregistered B will have priority over C. If , however , C succeeds in obtaining registration before B , he will have priority over B so long as he had no notice , at the time of purchase , of the transfer to B. If C did have notice , although he has been registered his prima facie title will not prevail over that of B who will be entitled to have the register rectified ( assuming that there are no grounds on which the company could refuse to register B ) and in the meantime C 's legal interest will be subject to the equitable interest of B. If both transfers were gifts , the position would presumably be different ; the gift to B would leave A without any beneficial interest that he could give to C and , not being a ‘ purchaser , ’ C could not obtain priority by registration ; his legal interest , on his becoming the registered holder , would be subject to the prior equity of B. |
| 14 | Although many boatmen 's wives acted as crew they were not recognised as such and could not get compensation for injury or sick pay . |
| 15 | It could not require installation of control devices on vehicles sold in the county until a satisfactory device was available — and no such device was available . |
| 16 | Having got this joke out of the way , she was then told no she could not have money for food , but she could have cash for a carpet . |
| 17 | ACCORDING to Max Weber 's ‘ model ’ ‘ charismatic leadership ’ could not survive lack of success . |
| 18 | Oh I could n't eat chocolate in bed . |
| 19 | You could n't distinguish German from ice . |
| 20 | Somewhere along the line , Cat and Prince 's Paisley Park organisation could n't see eye to eye . |
| 21 | Dr. Marten shoes were most frequently seen on younger kids who could n't get hold of suedehead shoes . |
| 22 | Nature was blooming and burgeoning , but poor Karen could n't get gravid for love or money . |
| 23 | It seemed that I just could n't turn desire into reality . |
| 24 | A minute or two later Pat said he could n't keep height for lack of power and we would have to ditch . |