Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SDP leader Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson had declared that his party could not continue to participate in the previous PP-SDP-PA centre-left coalition arrangement without a clear consensus on two key policy issues : Iceland 's position in EFTA negotiations with the European Communities ( EC ) , in which he had personally played a leading role as Foreign Minister , and a proposed US$1,000 million project to build a new aluminium smelting plant south of Reykjavik . |
| 2 | The train was at last " on different rails " and Unionists could not fail to rejoice at the disarray on the left , but the different rails might prove more suitable for Trotsky 's " locomotive of History " than for Unionist imperialism . |
| 3 | Outsiders could not hope to participate in the learned debates on comparative anatomy at the great museums , but field naturalists relied on local amateurs for specimens and surveys , thus ensuring a much greater degree of interaction . |
| 4 | All the same , she could not bear to listen to the Sibelius concerto for some time afterwards . |
| 5 | It was funny , in a Lewis Carroll sort of way , and at least the result was passable , if only as a trade magazine , whereas the woman 's magazine had been beyond a joke and she could not bear to look at the end product . |
| 6 | But there were times too when he could not bear to look at the free birds and preferred to huddle wanly in the shadows of his shelter , where no visitors could see him , and stare at the bare , stained concrete that was his wild moorland , and the grubby little basin of water that was his lake and the few square feet of cage that was his sky . |
| 7 | She could not bear to look at the fallen doll in white satin and tulle . |
| 8 | The purpose of the ‘ new ’ probation-order team would be to monitor standard operating procedures , research programme strategies , communications networks , command structures , and any other structural factors which might be linked to the corporation 's previous misbehaviour and then make recommendations which the company could not refuse to implement without the risk of revoking the probation licence and returning to court for resentencing . |
| 9 | Nourse LJ also considered it was arguable that the plaintiff could not seek to rely on the literal clauses of the agreement when it had known that the disclosure letter was incomplete as to do so would be dishonest . |
| 10 | Another solution would be for the clause to say that disputes of a technical nature which the parties could not agree to refer to the expert should be referred to arbitration ( or litigation ) along with all other non-technical disputes . |
| 11 | Others could not wait to merge into the New World and when marriage seemed to an easy route , they were soon sporting engagement rings off-stage but definitely not when Mary was around . |
| 12 | Eric Hammond , the electricians leader , said the Labour Party could not afford to return to the Seventies of ‘ mindless militancy ’ . |
| 13 | However , parents who could not afford to pay for the meals were to be in no way penalized . |
| 14 | The eastern states claimed they could not afford to dispose of the chemicals , which would require incineration , and were originally given until the end of 1992 to use them up . |
| 15 | After he told them about this , they sent one letter from Siam covered with stamps : ‘ Those would have kept me in The Autocar for ever , but I could n't bear to part with the envelope . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I could n't bear to think of the future , of what would happen to her when we got old , if we got ill , when we died , or worse — whether she would only live a few years , ’ she says . |
| 17 | His tone was grave , but there was a twinkle in his eye as though , heaven forbid , he knew why she could n't seem to keep off the subject of his personal relationships . |
| 18 | I thought , oh dear , so we got to bed by this time , and we lay , and we just could n't get to sleep for the noise the tent was making . |
| 19 | Newcastle may have their Messiah manager and their financial rescue package in place , but they could n't afford to turn on the floodlights in the fading light on Saturday and they ca n't ignore the darkness still descending at the foot of the Second Division table . |
| 20 | They would do a tour and their singles would still be in the warehouse because Red Rhino could n't afford to pay for the pressing and things like that , ’ says Debbie Kaye . |
| 21 | Father had , apparently , told her she was ‘ too stupid ’ to take a degree in maths , told her she could n't do a joint degree in physics and German because he could n't afford to pay for the year out , and had influenced her to apply for A university because that was where he had taken his degree . |
| 22 | I could n't wait to finish at the studio that day so I could slip down the record shop to pick up a copy , and several months later I still have n't stopped playing it . |
| 23 | Maggie sat at the table , thinking that she did n't know about the proposed camp but could n't wait to get at the promised bathing facilities . |
| 24 | Charlie , now a light middleweight , could n't wait to get in the ring while Tommy somehow managed to keep himself out of the firing line , although both of them became aware of Captain Trentham 's menacing presence as his swagger stick continually struck the side of his leg . |
| 25 | I then could nt bear to listen to the radio for the rest of the half , so I decided to occupy myself for 40 mins . |