Example sentences of "it could n't [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said , between sobs that seemed to tear her chest open , something that sounded like , ‘ All my fault He knew it could n't be that because it did n't make sense but there was no point in asking her what she had said because she was crying too hard She cried and cried and Nick sat and watched . |
| 2 | Of course it could n't be that Nick had been relieved . |
| 3 | It could n't be that I was right , and while I yearned to return to a certainty I already knew , I heard only my mother 's voice , insisting , on one dead note , that she knew of what life should consist . |
| 4 | It could n't be but it was . |
| 5 | No it could n't be cos that 's the gulf where the sun goes down . |
| 6 | It could n't be because golf carts — ’ he levelled a look at Nelson ‘ — are careening round the grounds with a complete lack of any regard for safety . |
| 7 | ‘ It could n't be because I am , I suppose ? ’ |