Example sentences of "could [not/n't] go [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She could not cope with lifts , and she could not go into the garden shed in case the door closed upon her .
2 I could not go to the Hall earlier that day . ’
3 The letter must have said that she could not go to the Mansion again .
4 Lachlan was being left in charge of the castle , and Lady Marion could not go to the ceremony , for the baby was near its time .
5 Blanche could not go to the hospital herself .
6 Why was it right to train a fellow and you knew , or you felt that , you could not go to the flight commander or the wing commander and say a think this fellow should go down the pits , " or a think we should remuster him to the Army or the Navy " .
7 He could not go near the lights for the Men would see him ; so he would seek the most darkness — away from the Zoo and over towards the blackness of the Park centre .
8 Those who could stand the pace flourished ; those who could not went to the wall .
9 T. B. I could n't go across the road to speak to another policeman if I saw him , never spoke to anyone .
10 She could n't go into the building .
11 It was obvious that she could n't go into the Rose Bowl until she had calmed down , so instead she started walking back towards the flat .
12 Children could n't go into the children 's ward unless they themselves were poorly .
13 The pause after the first shot making sure they 'd killed him which is n't easy to do with a heart shot but they could n't go for the head because the sight line would n't fit with shooting at the President 's head — ’
14 Well I could n't go to the bottom of the table because of the Eeeuk !
15 Well , they 've had , they 've only had you must of been better or Miss Johnson would of said you could n't go to the public
16 My limbs were managed and there was grit embedded all over my body , it was so painful , I could n't go to the loo and the Balinese maid had to give us sponge baths .
17 Of course , the men could n't go to the women themselves . ’
18 But you could n't go to the doctor 's until surgery time , that were six o'clock you see .
19 offered to call round if I could n't go to the meeting .
20 Monday , cos I could n't go to the gym .
21 I could n't go to the disco , Mammy . ’
22 He could n't go on the corkscrew he could n't go up on the ship he could n't go on anything .
23 Well it so happened that two of the aircrewmen were burnt enough , not real serious , but burned enough that they had to use the ground spare from another squadron , they could n't go on the mission .
24 You could n't go on the heath and train horses up after half past nine .
25 It may be that David 's teacher would consider it appropriate to wonder why he thought mummies and daddies could n't go on the slide .
26 I could n't go without the gear , so I 'd have missed the first day .
27 Now on that twenty feet long , now I 'm up about say , you can say anything like about fifteen feet up in the in the air , might be less than that and then you got twenty feet up like that , well then there used to be wire and used to have a big wheel in top , which you could n't go over the top and with a wire , then I used to have a sling chain , my main hook and that was thirteen foot long and you take th that and on , on working on top of the lorry , see you got to be so careful and there 's men working on that lorry as well , course I broke the wheel .
28 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 .
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