Example sentences of "[adv] could n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh absolutely , yes I 'm not arguing about that , and as I said , heaven forbid that should happen , erm another point I did pick up from one report was that in the eight years war , and you 're quite right , the Iraqis are battle hardened , but the Iranian air force apparently could n't bomb Iraq to any great consequence except for the first few weeks of the conflict . |
| 2 | and it was and you could n't get near it because the heat of the fire was so strong and the smell of the of the smoke was overpow you literally could n't get near it and everyone had to come away . |
| 3 | Now , with one of those obscene little twists that fate was so good at , the man chosen for her out of all those available millions not only could n't give her children , but had no intention of getting involved in any permanent relationship , least of all marriage ! |
| 4 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 5 | The dominance of the Macintosh obviously could n't last for ever , the numerical superiority of the PC was bound to win in the end , and it was a program called Ventura Publisher that finally did it . |
| 6 | Some of Gladstone 's fellow competitors obviously could n't care less about being beaten into the minor placings , but fellow breeders were more forthcoming . |
| 7 | He obviously could n't give a damn what she did , tucked away in his cosy room , dressed in his nice dry clothes . |
| 8 | She did n't need Dr David Kent , who obviously could n't see what was in front of his face . |
| 9 | Some IMC trooper obviously could n't wait for lunch . |
| 10 | ‘ Public sector borrowing is growing so quickly , the Chancellor obviously could n't afford any more , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Not that she believed his mother was a tramp , but whatever had happened all those years ago it had obviously involved her grandfather — why else would he give her money when the child so obviously could n't have been his ? |
| 12 | This clearly elevates me to some sort of status in his mind , although I personally could n't give a shit . |
| 13 | He personally could n't give a monkey 's whether I went out or.not as long as the CID boys knew where they could get me . |
| 14 | I personally could n't begin to choose a favourite on this album , though I am especially fascinated by the Gregorian chant influence of Ebudea . |
| 15 | Injured I suppose so could n't make the away trip : - ) ) ) |
| 16 | She still felt dreadfully tired so could n't have been asleep all that long . |
| 17 | Richard faced the non-existent audience and so could n't see my reaction as he gave vent to excruciating sounds . |
| 18 | Right now leave it there so Could n't see about |
| 19 | I suddenly could n't stand . |
| 20 | Those men who finally could n't face going over the top from these trenches on the Somme , met with summary justice . |
| 21 | There was n't room for more than one such space hogger at Barnsdale ; after much agonised indecision I finally could n't resist the bronze-leaved Rodgersia pinnata . |
| 22 | Even as she heard her own voice she was horrified by what it was saying , but somehow could n't stop herself , even though it went completely against the grain to tell such blatant lies . |
| 23 | She found their contact unpleasant , but somehow could n't pull her own away . |
| 24 | Even when you could figure it out , the student generally could n't play it anyway ! |
| 25 | ‘ I should have unloaded it first , ’ Catherine Crane said , apologetically , ‘ but I just could n't move in any direction with it where it was . ’ |
| 26 | I just could n't move or speak . |
| 27 | but they 've got to , I remember when Rhys played in that , the F A bars quarter final , two seasons ago down here , they got well over a thousand down there then , and you just could n't move , that were brilliant , all the way round the ground there were about four of five people deep |
| 28 | Anyway I finally got back , washed the lorry out and I just could n't finish washing the wagon out . |
| 29 | But she was in such a hurry that she just could n't stay for long enough to help me with breastfeeding Stephen . |
| 30 | She said he just could n't sleep in there . |