Example sentences of "[noun] could not [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The church was very full and although Amabel could not speak to everyone on her progress to the front pew she paused before taking her seat and smiled sweetly , generally , at the congregation , hoping that no one would feel left out . |
| 2 | With this end in view the United States could not afford to be seen by the USSR as firmly aligned with Great Britain . |
| 3 | The swings had gone and the pier had been demolished ; a few years ago the Council had given permission for a café-and-restaurant to be built , but the place had only been open a month when it caught fire and was burned out ; the Fire Brigade could n't get to it , the promenade being too narrow for their vehicles . |
| 4 | At first , my mind could not adjust to the missing three months , so that I sat stupidly with the paper in my hands , staring at it . |
| 5 | Sorrel could n't run to the back of an envelope , but found instead a spare section of Filofax pages , just about the most expensive scribble pad you could get short of using ten-pound notes . |
| 6 | But other shocks to the system followed in quick succession : a new language and culture ; the insensitivity , not always unintentional , of foster parents , teachers and hostel administrators ; the cruelty of other children ( and some adults ) who equated all things German with Nazism ; the coming-to-terms with the long-term or permanent loss of family and friends who had been left behind , and the awareness that refugees could not expect to be treated other than as second-class citizens — to mention only the common causes of illness and depression . |
| 7 | The young man , whose name was Merbury , was eager and inexperienced , and took it for granted , as an honest man well might , that his story of complete and shattering victory , of the capture of so many of the active nobility of Scotland , and of a bright lustre added to the name of Percy and of England could not fail to be pleasing to his sovereign . |
| 8 | This homunculus could not speak to him . |
| 9 | Unfortunately insufficient members turned up to achieve a quorum , but ex-chairman , Robin Brookes , took the opportunity to state that the guild could not continue to be run on a rotation of volunteers . |
| 10 | Colin Who , only took up fotbal this seeson has licked nothin in yuthanasium ( 110$ purr mach ) but sadlee could not adap to this hi standard of footee . |
| 11 | The only regret was that her parents could not come to England for her commissioning , though a report in the Australian War Cry announced that she had come " Dux " of the session and had trained the women cadets for the timbrel play at the commissioning . |
| 12 | In Donovan a girl could not consent to the infliction of six or seven weals on her bottom . |
| 13 | The Kiltex mill in Dar es salaam closed temporarily due to lack of water and shortage of spare parts , while the Arusha Mill could not operate to full capacity because polyester yarn could not be imported in sufficient quantities . |
| 14 | For example , as Duncanson points out , in the public services there was the principle that natives could not aspire to higher posts whatever their technical qualifications . |
| 15 | Since SCOTVEC personnel could not respond to requests from all centres to run staff development events for them , each workshop was developed as a pack of information , examples and activities for participants together with extensive support material so that centres or Regions can themselves organise and run the events . |
| 16 | The doctrine of original sin and baptismal regeneration meant that an unbaptised infant could not go to heaven . |
| 17 | The pieces could n't get to them quick enough . |
| 18 | He smiled again , but Theda could not respond to an overture she felt to be false . |
| 19 | I remember one time when Auntie Margaret back-answered to me grandma and me grandma could n't get to her so she tipped the table upon her . |
| 20 | The king and the earls could not agree to the form of the safe-conduct , and Lancaster stayed away . |
| 21 | Afterwards Holly could not explain to himself his action . |
| 22 | Obviously Patterson could n't run to that . ’ |
| 23 | Before the advent of machinery , English hand workers could not spin to the requisite fineness to rival Asian calicos . |
| 24 | She still barred the way so the social workers could not get to her younger daughter . |
| 25 | Javier de la Puerta , chief spokesman for the World Fair , said the recent blows to ETA were ‘ very good news ’ but added that Expo organisers could not afford to be complacent . |
| 26 | Blanche could not go to the hospital herself . |
| 27 | Detinue , with its procedural disadvantages , wilted considerably under this treatment though it retained a place in the law because inability to redeliver as a result of loss or destruction of the goods could not amount to a positive denial of title for the purposes of conversion . |
| 28 | Butler could n't adapt to his new defensive role , and Chapman began to look around for a more solid defender , not necessarily a player with much technical skill , but one who could clear accurately under pressure , feeding the ball to an inside-forward . |
| 29 | From what I remember , they moved most of the rocket manufacture down there so that our bombers could n't get to them . |
| 30 | Shop owners had made numerous complaints that delivery lorries could not get to their premises , he said . |