Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [det] [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could not make more money from selling books . |
| 2 | The law could not protect this man from thugs . |
| 3 | ‘ Dover Harbour Board officials checked over the ‘ highly radioactive ’ sand and could not get any reading from it , ’ she added . |
| 4 | But it could also signify that writing from the heart is different from poetry , the muse 's injunction being meant as a dismissal , exiling Astrophil from poetry 's realm . |
| 5 | If you 're the sort of person who thinks that Parliamentary democracy is a reasonably important thing , you could n't take much pleasure from the findings of the enquiry into the way Rover was sold off . |
| 6 | And er and then er of course I went back to me mother after me grandmother died , I went to me mother and er mind you when I was th young there was a lot of poverty about you know there was er no security pay and no er and you could n't get any money from anywhere or anything like that you know and er so it used to er had to do the best you can . |
| 7 | It seems as if the reason that IBM UK Ltd could n't get any cash from its parent to bail it out at the end of last year and reportedly was told to go factor its receivables , is that IBM Corp was too busy bailing out IBM Deutschland GmbH . |
| 8 | It seems as if the reason that IBM UK Ltd could n't get any cash from its parent to bail it out at the end of last year and reportedly was told to go factor its receivables , is that IBM Corp was too busy bailing out IBM Deutschland GmbH . |
| 9 | Juliet could n't hear any sound from the ward . |
| 10 | She could n't hear any movement from inside . |
| 11 | She knows , Ruth thought , that I could never take another bite from her . |