Example sentences of "what [pron] could not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Changing from being employed to being self-employed , it 's , it 's a big change that is you and er , and er the union the union helped me and er told me what I could do and what I could n't do and all that sort of thing . |
| 2 | They might have killed me , that 's what I could n't stop thinking about . |
| 3 | That 's what I could n't face . |
| 4 | What I could n't work out was why he 'd driven all the way over here . |
| 5 | ‘ What I could n't see was how the life and death of Someone Else ( whoever he was ) 2000 years ago could help us here and now — except in so far as his example helped us . ’ |
| 6 | What I could n't see was how the life and death of Someone Else ‘ whoever he was ’ 2000 years ago could help us here and now . ’ |
| 7 | I tell you what I could n't find Elaine |
| 8 | What I could n't understand was that |
| 9 | But what I could n't understand with this Soun this fella that |
| 10 | But I mean what I could n't understand was if he 's selling all this stuff and |
| 11 | That 's what I could n't understand . |
| 12 | Well what I could n't understand was |
| 13 | ‘ Just outstanding , ’ Rickie said , but referring to what I could not tell . |
| 14 | In 1980 , coming back from a hospital in the States where I had been told that I ought to have an operation ( interestingly on my throat — it was as though all the tension caused by what I could not say was caught up there ) , I saw that I had to be free of this . |
| 15 | What I could not say was that , as we two stood in the shadowy parlour , I felt considerably within her spell . |
| 16 | What I could not understand was the absence of consensus among adults as to what constituted death , and as to its meaning . |
| 17 | They said outright what I could not find words for . |
| 18 | Unless , like Chris Patten , she needed you for what she could n't do herself ( write a decent speech ) , any wet , however bright , was kippered on the back benches . |
| 19 | mm , did it , did it ask how much was stretching on her , what she can do and what she could n't do or |
| 20 | However , what she could n't understand was why any lass on the make would be lugging a child around with her . |
| 21 | What she could n't understand was why she felt so bad about it . |
| 22 | What she could n't understand was the more she shivered … the higher the gas bills . |
| 23 | What she could not decide was whether there had ever been anything to find . |
| 24 | To start what she could not finish . |
| 25 | What she could not know was that by refusing to deal with the Protestant threat until the crown matrimonial had been obtained , she would throw away the strongest card in her anti-Protestant hand before having a chance to play it . |
| 26 | What she could not see was what was in his mind . |
| 27 | What she did not say — what she could not say — was that the cold high days with their lengthening light terrified her . |
| 28 | What she could not have thought of was this sort of permanent liaison , almost a marriage . |
| 29 | Dr Neil turned away from inspecting his own bookshelves , said , apropos of what she could not imagine , ‘ You are not English , I perceive , Miss McAllister . ’ |
| 30 | Was that what you could n't face ? |