Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [verb] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously , she could not bear to hurt Fabien with the truth . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Poor her , ’ said Lydia , but as she could not imagine taking care of a disruptive child she could n't truly sympathise . |
| 3 | He could not imagine finding tranquillity of soul in old age ; if he could only be allowed to mark time for a while all might yet be well , one might suddenly achieve equilibrium , certainty , serenity . |
| 4 | Because the Czechoslovakian team could not afford to take part in the British leg of the European Grand Slam event next June , a competition was arranged to raise the necessary £600 to cover their expenses . |
| 5 | They could not have made change of land use profits . |
| 6 | Had it not been for Goleniewski 's information , which the court could not be told about , Blake would never have been caught and because Goleniewski could not have given evidence without Blake 's confession he could not have been brought to trial . |
| 7 | Kinnock declared that " the Conservative supporting press has enabled the Tory party to win yet again when the Conservative party could not have secured victory for itself on the basis of its record , its programme or its character " . |
| 8 | It was evident that without three hands James Pegg could not have infiltrated poison into the soup bowl . |
| 9 | Clarke explained that if Halsbury had won by such a majority he could not have expected elevation to a judgeship . |
| 10 | If this had happened the rogue could not have conferred title upon the innocent purchaser ( unless under some other exception to the nemo dat principle ) for the rogue would no longer have had a voidable title . |
| 11 | Mr Rampton read extracts from Sir Anthony Eden 's May 1945 diaries which Lord Aldington agreed showed he could not have had dinner with the minister on 25 and 26 May as he had claimed . |
| 12 | If , he argues , the misery of large numbers of the agricultural and manufacturing proletariats at the end of the eighteenth century had been the general condition of the labouring population throughout the century , then industrialisation could not have taken place for it depended on " the home sales of articles of everyday life to a section of the labour force which was neither very poor nor very rich " but which wielded an effective purchasing power in the face of many difficulties . |
| 13 | The growth of formal education systems could not have taken place without the incorporation of sectors in society , which had previously been excluded . |
| 14 | But it could not have taken place without the railways , which once again proved to be the vital enabling factor . |
| 15 | So far as white settlement is concerned , the rapid peopling of the Canadian prairies and north country , of southern , central , and eastern Africa could not have taken place at such a speed without the railway . |
| 16 | She could n't bear that , could n't stand to see pity in those dark compelling eyes . |
| 17 | She could n't cope with that , could n't face seeing derision in those dark midnight eyes . |
| 18 | She probably could n't avoid having dinner at the château , but at least she would n't be alone with him there . |
| 19 | Britain , he could n't have had tennis on his mind . |
| 20 | She 's had help now , but what a pity , you know , then I guess people were n't so aware of what could be done , but what a pity she could n't have had help at the time . |
| 21 | ‘ As a matter of fact , I 'd forgotten you were coming — and we could n't have had tea with you in any case , because Susan 's ill . |
| 22 | Once when I was young , innocent and unaware of eating amnesia , ‘ weighers-wilt ’ ( ‘ I 'll just take a guess at this — looks like two ounces … ! ’ ) and other related disorders , I became so alarmed about all the people who could n't seem to shed weight on 1,000 calories a day that I interviewed many of them , carefully selected a group of twenty of the most baffling and genuine cases , and incarcerated them in a health farm for a week . |
| 23 | could n't see eating salad with a , a hot sausages you know |
| 24 | But now she could n't help feeling disquiet at the way he talked about ‘ lots to drink ’ . |
| 25 | He could n't help feeling affection for Juliet whenever he looked at her . |