Example sentences of "could not [verb] into [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He gagged on the sourness so that he could not speak into the telephone .
2 She could not cope with lifts , and she could not go into the garden shed in case the door closed upon her .
3 He could not walk into a room without arousing a response .
4 She was short-sighted a could not see into the auditorium .
5 Dazzled by the evening sun the people in the garden could not see into the sitting room and had no idea who Rain 's visitor was until Wickham joined them .
6 How fortunate for the denizens of The Daily Herald , then , that they could not see into the future — even the immediate future !
7 I could not get into a routine because there was nothing to get into a routine with !
8 Could not get into the army .
9 Clinical director Paul Lawler , who heads the intensive care unit at South Cleveland Hospital , Middlesbrough , said desperately ill patients were being turned away because they could not get into the unit .
10 Marathon runners finishing after 2 hours 45 minutes found that they could not get into the stadium after a 26 mile 385 yard slog in 90F temperatures .
11 As I understand it , some hon. Members could not get into the House before the Division was completed .
12 When he lectured at Harvard in this year , policemen had to control the crowds who came out to see him , and loudspeakers were set up for those who could not get into the auditorium .
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