Example sentences of "we could [adv] [vb infin] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | we could n't bring any apples though yesterday , not taking me car with |
| 2 | But they 've got very very poor eyesight so although they could sense where we were , as we stayed really really still they could n't see us so we were quite safe but er we could n't go any nearer than about ten yards from them erm because there were n't any suitable trees to climb in case they started to chase us . |
| 3 | Barbie said she 'd rather have a cigarette anyway and gave them back to us , but we could n't break any of them off , so we kept passing this lump backwards and forwards , sucking it and grinding little chunks off it , till we got fed up with it and chucked it on the floor . |
| 4 | We could n't make any decision on Mr Maxwell s behalf . |
| 5 | We I remember once , my first skiing trip , there was a really heavy blizzard one night and it was s the snow got so deep that we could n't open any doors , we were snowed in , yeah ? |
| 6 | ‘ And I could n't see , so we could n't do any more the things we used to — just little things , like watching the sunset , or laughing at a holopic when we turned out the lights in bed , or me reading a poem to her . |
| 7 | Her dramatic assertion may have been wish fulfilment , a hyperbolic statement expressing her real desires , but with such an unstable outlook we could n't take any chances : publication was brought forward to June . |
| 8 | ‘ We could n't take any more . ’ |
| 9 | We often reached our overdraft limit because of a sticky cashflow — and after taking on a large mortgage to pay for a new factory we could n't raise any further borrowing for the second production line we needed much sooner than expected . |
| 10 | and of course we arrived in Harlow on the train and we could n't see any new buildings anywhere , you know near Harlow Mill |
| 11 | It looked like it was all getting rather heated again down there ; then the leaves got in the way and we could n't see any more . |
| 12 | and we could n't see any smoke belting down the corridor so we thought well oh ! give me my coat ! |
| 13 | Repeatedly we had cursed ourselves and our schools for allowing us to think we 'd grasped maths , physics and so on when now we could n't remember any of the important or useful things . |
| 14 | Terry did n't respond , but we could n't say any more . |
| 15 | we were , we were furniture made , you know , all we thought about was the home and in fact once we could n't afford any wall paper we were decorating so George painted the wall white and we got saucepan lids , and even the dustbin lid and with er , er , a black pen , felt type pen I suppose although felt pens were n't out then |
| 16 | Before continuing we slaked thirsts with warm water from our own bottles — we could n't find any streams . |
| 17 | We knew the rents were going up in Tottenham mews and we could n't find any good , affordable space in town . |
| 18 | But we could n't have any could n't have any had they come on Friday , they may have done . |
| 19 | All I 've done is use because we could n't have any at school . |
| 20 | Even when the sound button was pressed we could n't get any sound volume m sound out of it whatever . |
| 21 | Chief Inspector John Reeve , of Thames Valley police , said : ‘ We could not take any chances . |
| 22 | We could not find any changes in any reservoir in anterior wall biopsy tissues , suggesting that this is a rare feature in the pouch . |
| 23 | In the AL and AH cases , we could not find any amyloid in the myenteric plexuses . |
| 24 | As far as I 'm concerned personally , I think it 's very , very weak , take it back and re-draft it and allow the employees to be in the control of their own destiny , because after a national fraud and a scandal that 's taken place that we could never trust any employer to carry out a scheme . |
| 25 | " The judge asked how we could possibly do any more with the garden , and it 's true that the only way forward is by making small changes , which we like to do as it gives us so much enjoyment . " |