Example sentences of "[vb past] they could not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are largely women who have got to the top in other careers and found they could not go any further . |
| 2 | But it had obvious difficulties for many students who found they could not manage both love affairs and study . |
| 3 | Customers taking bikes to the shop for repair or picking up new cycles found they could not park near the shop . |
| 4 | The discovery was made at 11.30am after staff arrived at the pub and found they could not get in . |
| 5 | As Coote himself protested , both men were privately committed to legislation but believed they could not involve the government on the issue . |
| 6 | When … our Soviet rivals recognised they could not match us … and as their own system indisputably failed the Soviet people even as it abused them — then came the turning point . ’ |
| 7 | In reply the Namibian authorities stated they could not grant a licence as the islands were South African territory , thus indirectly providing the information required ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Info centre to stay shut on Saturdays A TOURIST information centre will remain closed on Saturdays after Middlesbrough councillors decided they could not afford to open the Corporation Road office for a sixth day , despite a campaign to increase tourism . |
| 10 | Many were angered that work or school meant they could not share the moments of glory after watching the team all season . |
| 11 | She continued to attend the unit as an out-patient for more than six months , when the therapists felt they could not make any further progress . |
| 12 | Father Morrow said magistrates told him they had studied the Law Lords ' decision to allow feeding tubes to be removed from Tony and felt they could not serve the summons . |
| 13 | The Americans felt they could not stand by and let Europe fall into economic chaos ; their own economy would also suffer . |
| 14 | So the ministers in charge of the measure felt they could not bring in a guillotine or send the bill to a committee upstairs because most of the Conservatives would have voted against and , not being an issue of confidence between the parties , sufficient Labour dissidents might also have voted against the government to leave it in a minority . |
| 15 | A few years ago , the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors introduced and published this report particularly to assist those buyers who felt they could not afford the fees of a full Structural Survey . |
| 16 | If they felt they could not follow the diet or did n't want to be committed I asked them to please return all the papers , and about seventy of them did just that . |
| 17 | I would say conditions were a wee bit easier a wee bit you had a wee bit more freedom because they knew they could not replace anybody if they gave the sack . |
| 18 | Sally knew her mother had trouble making ends meet on the nine pounds ten shillings a week that her father brought home from his job as an electrician 's mate and she did n't have the heart to plead for luxuries she knew they could not afford as Paula did . |
| 19 | They also promised to use their friends in the Salvation Army as supports at times when they thought they could not cope by themselves . |
| 20 | Though International Amateur Athletic Federation officials insisted they could not confirm the reports , a source close to the sport 's governing body confirmed Narozhilenko had provided a positive ‘ A ’ sample while the ‘ B ’ sample was being examined . |
| 21 | I find they resemble grit and taste the same — even the health store from which I bought them could not enlighten me . |
| 22 | Only two weeks ago they complained they could not afford to fund the teachers ’ pay award . ’ |
| 23 | Very clear skin responses to the pheromone were recorded — even in those who said they could not detect the odour . |
| 24 | Now say for instance that because of the minimum solvency er agreement the employers have got to pay whatever their loss is , and if and I asked this question of the T U C that if there was a situation of where the employees were in the majority and forget the pension regulator , because there was a regulator anyway , so you can add whatever name that y you liked to have , but the fraud still went on , but say the employees were in the majority as far as the trustees is concerned and they were in full control and the control was taken away from the employers and there was a a federation of the hundred and twenty eight thousand with a central fund paying off heavy loss of any minimum solvencies , then surely that would be the ideal situation in order to safeguard , because when I asked Goodey himself when he submitted his report , he said they could not give any categ categorical assurance that nobody could defraud in any scheme under the proposals he 's made . |
| 25 | Portsmouth and Liverpool drew 1–1 at Highbury , and the replay in Birmingham had to be put back when police said they could not cope with it the day before last week 's General Election . |
| 26 | For example , 80% of female personal service workers said they could not design and plan important parts of their work ; 96% said they could not decide their starting and finishing times ; and 63 % said they could not initiate new tasks during their work . |
| 27 | One of the local pickers , Evan Roberts , said they could not stand by and watch the rival pickers take their living away . |
| 28 | For example , 80% of female personal service workers said they could not design and plan important parts of their work ; 96% said they could not decide their starting and finishing times ; and 63 % said they could not initiate new tasks during their work . |
| 29 | The British Airports Authority and the Department of Transport said they could not comment until they had studied the union 's findings . |
| 30 | He was appearing in Channel 4 's recording of comic Jack Dee 's Christmas show when police said they could not leave . |