Example sentences of "could [adv] cope [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That in itself did not necessarily matter ; experience had shown that Scotland could successfully cope with a series of minorities . |
| 2 | And hell , I thought ; I had been tired ; I was tired still , and I would phone that evening — definitely — and say I 'd fallen asleep , and nobody would be too bothered , and after all a chap could only cope with so much sorrow-saying in one day … of course I 'd phone . |
| 3 | He was doing well , anyway , getting more patients each month , would soon have more than he could comfortably cope with . |
| 4 | It was crude , slow , and could not cope with variations in speech . |
| 5 | The British Columbians , despite dogged persistence , could not cope with a pack in which eight men worked as one and where possession once obtained was so powerfully and cunningly retained . |
| 6 | This was due to the impossibility of conveying such goods between the two cities at a time when the railways could not cope with grain supplies coming into Saratov . |
| 7 | For visitors would stare at her , ask her questions , would talk and expect a reply , and Alida knew that she could say nothing , could not cope with any demands . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In particular it could not cope with the pressure of a growing population . |
| 10 | Sometimes adults , inexperienced and suspicious of drama , could not cope with a vague suggestion that the second partner should be in role as a friend , colleague or relative . |
| 11 | I can recall a class of eight-to nine-year-olds in Brisbane in which one or two could not cope with being in a submissive role of being hijacked . |
| 12 | The other principle , bigger cylinders , was less successful , mainly because existing phonographs could not cope with it . |
| 13 | Coal-tar technology could not cope with the huge expansion in the chemical industry that took place after the Second World War . |
| 14 | Wan Plumpton , deputy chairman of the Electricity Council takes the view that consumers , and women in particular , could not cope with ‘ spot pricing ’ . |
| 15 | The mandarins of Communist China were quite clear that their empire could not cope with unemployed or dispossessed donkey drivers . |
| 16 | Three-year-old Carol White could not cope with what her mother calls ‘ decapitated ’ pictures ( White , 1954 , p.56 ) . |
| 17 | If even Alison Kraemer 's perfect manners could not cope with the news , then our marriage must be an intolerable scandal . |
| 18 | He found he could no longer hide behind a naive love , a sensuous world of uncomplex bohemia and he was drawn , still yearning for past ignorance , not up or down , but along to a state of affairs that simply put he could not cope with . |
| 19 | The former road-builder , now Field Marshal , Wade , with 6000 men , was despatched to Newcastle , prompting a notable pun by a local woman : ‘ Since we could not COPE with out present difficulties , we must WADE through them . ’ |
| 20 | She could not cope with lifts , and she could not go into the garden shed in case the door closed upon her . |
| 21 | Usually the two pilots who are on night duty sleep in the ambulance but the driver and medical orderly who also sleep in it had worked up a terrific ‘ fug ’ — ‘ Imshi ’ Mason and I felt we could not cope with the smell of unwashed feet , etc. , so we dragged the two stretchers out . ’ |
| 22 | A number of manors , such as Patching , complained repeatedly that they could not cope with such demands ; there is little evidence that they got any cuts . |
| 23 | ‘ Even though I had known this man for years , I could not cope with seeing him alone , ’ she said . |
| 24 | A BANK manager killed himself because he could not cope with the worry and pressure of his work in the recession . |
| 25 | In July 1990 , P concluded that he could not cope with the mounting arrears under the mortgage , and his other debts . |
| 26 | Unfortunately the smaller coffin-maker could not cope with the high-powered advertising of IPC and Dottridge Brothers , preferring to place miniature versions of their handiwork in the shop window for the benefit of passers-by , though they probably relied on the funeral furnishing warehouses for the supply of linings and coffin furniture . |
| 27 | members of her class , could not cope with displays of emotion . |
| 28 | In my own backyard , friends who could not cope with their own homophobia deserted me … |
| 29 | Recording a verdict that Mrs Bowyer ‘ Took her own life ’ , Dr Weir said : ‘ This is terribly tragic because she did it because she could not cope with the pain of the illness she suffered from . ’ |
| 30 | A DEPRESSED mum has vanished with her three mischievous sons after saying she could not cope with long school holidays and mounting debts . |