Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [verb] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kirk then stated that he could not concur in the order and that Robertson expressed his disappointment , but stated that he could not " bother at this time who might or might not be handed over to be shot " and would send his telegram anyway . |
| 2 | However , it is important to appreciate that market coordination could not function in the absence of the other modes of coordination . |
| 3 | John survived only because he could not settle in the cabin with his brother and sister . |
| 4 | I could eat alone or the young son and his friends could join me , but I could not eat in the Sheikh 's great majlis with the other men of the household . |
| 5 | In other words , an anxiety dream is a kind of aborted dream , a dream that attempted to disguise a er disturbing latent content but could not succeed in the end . |
| 6 | She could not tell in the torchlight whether it was ink or blood . |
| 7 | Surere could not disappear in the way that he had without powerful help . |
| 8 | Dr Marshall , whose 18 cats occupy an outhouse , explained that with major damp-proofing repairs being carried out , she could not live in the house . |
| 9 | He could not join in the discussion . |
| 10 | He could not join in the telling of smutty jokes or the foraging expeditions for willing females . |
| 11 | The ministers met again on March 5 , after which a resolution was issued which specified that Arabs in East Jerusalem could not participate in the peace process . |
| 12 | But these delicate flowers of parliamentary politics could not blossom in the climate of autocracy . |
| 13 | He simply could not remember in the end whether Miss Harker had given it back or not . |
| 14 | If I could not believe in the sovereignty of God when it was my son lying there how could I tell someone who came for counselling , suffering the whims of a very insensitive partner , ‘ You continue to honour God in this situation . |
| 15 | He is bound to say this , indeed , for if we considered only the positive consequences of an action , and not those which would have occurred if it had not been done , one could not count in the suffering which an action prevented in its favour , which would be absurd . |
| 16 | I could n't stay in the centre , there was n't space in the centre |
| 17 | After going out manicuring she started spending Sunday afternoons in bed and we could n't stay in the house nor play on the doorstep for fear of disturbing her . |
| 18 | He ate and drank with relish , pointing out a fishing boat leaving Sligo harbour , remarking how Rosses point across the bay had safe bathing while here you could n't stand in the water without feeling the currents pushing the sand out from under your feet . |
| 19 | She could n't cope in the wild with three legs though so she 'll stay at the centre . |
| 20 | Well they might be a friendly , oh I do n't really know but er he 's so busy you see and he 's busy all kinds of day and night , now then , we asked him a while ago to be more careful when he was switching on the freezer units at night because they were waking people up , we asked him er a while ago if he 'd be more careful learning up at six o'clock in the morning because the chain and that we could n't sleep in the morning like , and all disturbing us all like that |
| 21 | Went down to play pool once and I ha two pool teams in there and you could n't move in the place . |
| 22 | I had the same problem with the doctor and nurses in Styal over what I could and could n't have in the way of eye drops , etc . |
| 23 | Yet he , the archer , might have gone back there to check again after all and if he had he would know I was alive , but he would never find me where I was now , deep in impenetrable shadow along a path he could n't follow in the dark . |
| 24 | You could n't work in the quarry , you could n't go through the gate in the quarry without being a union man , in the old days there . |
| 25 | Could n't get in the pub because he had n't got a latch lifter . |
| 26 | he 'd come to get a cloth , they 're in the front room with Jim , the , he could n't get in the door , they 're saying , we , I want , we want Beethoven music , we want Mozart music , so Jim 's in there with them and they will not leave the cabinet of the music centre |
| 27 | Gazza , who will be watched by England No 2 Lawrie Mcmenemy tonight , said : ‘ Luigi could n't get in the side because of Maradona but he talks about him with no jealously , only admiration . |
| 28 | You could n't get in the Band of Hope . |
| 29 | Could n't live in the winter ! |
| 30 | Because she could n't live in the flat , she did n't pay the rent , which meant arrears and no possibility of a transfer . |