Example sentences of "could not [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christ could not blame him for drinking . |
| 2 | He could not associate her with panic . |
| 3 | Then he adds with sudden confidence , ‘ It was known to men that the demon-enemy could not draw them under shadow ( under sceadu bregdan ) , as long as God did not wish it . ’ |
| 4 | He was not to know that because she never spoke about her feelings , she could not express them on demand . |
| 5 | He could not take her to bed in his double , conjugal room , but , no doubt Amaranth had a single somewhere . |
| 6 | She could not say it in front of him , nor he in front of her , even though it is probable that he too would prefer to try living the next life differently , without Agnes . |
| 7 | IG Metall 's members could not forgive him for gambling in a casino for capitalists . |
| 8 | She saw them coming , yet knew she could not intercept them in time . |
| 9 | For his chastity he was a particular favourite of the goddess Diana , who , however , could not save him from death and the everlasting dark . |
| 10 | He said he might sell it in Southampton if he could not get it on board . |