Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] could not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The object of the book being to bring about the release of Cooper and McMahon as soon as possible , I also decided to forgo a hardback publisher , whom I knew could not publish in under ten months , and contracted instead for an original paperback . |
| 2 | No , she would not think of that — no , never that , and she began to wield her feather duster with such angry vigour that Dr Neil , coming in , was amused at her bright energy which even the ever-lasting drudgery which she performed could not dim . |
| 3 | Typically , project acquisitions could not be distinguished on the shelves or if they could , most of the people we asked could not show us which they were . |
| 4 | The objection is that much of what we know could not have been learnt on the basis of experience . |
| 5 | If those shells had been preserved then the sand and shingle in which they lay could not have been eroded by the sun and wind . |
| 6 | Others suggested that their schools had an improved and more balanced curriculum , as a result of much more careful planning and prioritising , something which they felt could not have been achieved without devolution . |
| 7 | But they had n't known that then , and if they had could not have known how much one day such postcards would have supported the story Adam was beginning to think he would tell . |
| 8 | But according to John Nelson , the tape he examined could not have been recorded using any scanning equipment and was the result of a bug on an ordinary telephone . |
| 9 | But according to John Nelson , the tape he examined could not have been recorded using any scanning equipment and was the result of a bug on an ordinary telephone . |
| 10 | Reni had not changed , thought Huy , remembering the oily modesty with which , even in the old days , he had scored social points off colleagues who he knew could not compete . |