Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She asked him why he could not leave her alone , in view of what the other man had already done to her , but he turned off the lights and told her to undress . |
| 2 | ‘ Good God , there was a time I saw him — still but a child , to be sure — playing his fingers in her hair with such warmth and love in his face , such concentrated attention , as if it so fascinated him he could not leave it alone . |
| 3 | While the anti-modernist purge put this process back a generation , it could not stop it re-emerging , especially in the most advanced areas of Catholic culture in northern Europe . |
| 4 | " He was convinced " , wrote Tupper , " that the German man-in-the-street was participating in this senseless and savage struggle because the Prussian system forced him to ; the ordinary subject of the Kaiser might be misled into believing his cause just — but he could not conceive it possible that the German sailormen who had been part of our Merchant Service could have anything but hatred for this catastrophe " . |
| 5 | It was an order — a rare thing from Therese — and Flavia could not refuse it short of gross discourtesy in public to an older woman and a friend . |
| 6 | Peggy van Praagh told me that , even so early , de Valois had said to her ‘ I think he 'll make a choreographer ’ , but she was already trying out several other aspirants , so could not give him immediate chances . |
| 7 | I could sense the steep drop to my left , though I could not see it due to the trees and thick foliage that lined the roadside . |
| 8 | The walls of the cottage were thick enough to shut out the worst sounds of the storm 's buffeting , and even the creaking of doors and rattling of windows could not keep me awake for long . |
| 9 | ‘ These bones show that he hid the hound here , but he could not keep it quiet , so people heard its cries . |
| 10 | While she did not like Matthew and never would , she could not wish him ill . |
| 11 | With Alice , she could not get it right . |
| 12 | Barney might experience flashes of impatience and anger , say and do things he would later regret , but she could not believe him capable of the blind , destructive hatred that had driven the knife into Angy 's throat . |
| 13 | Just about Epilady , but I could n't stand them waxed ! |
| 14 | You could n't join them wide , join them up and confuse actually . |
| 15 | I could see them clearly in the light of the foyer but they could n't see me cloaked in the anonymity of Armstrong — and what more anonymous than a black London cab ? |
| 16 | I could n't see yous false pretences , okay ? |
| 17 | Then I said to them , " Its a pity you could n't find me foster parents " , and the social worker said , " What a brilliant idea ! " |
| 18 | I remember I had such a strain one , I just could n't find it quick enough |
| 19 | they live in the , a beautiful house , a little house , old , very old and erm they always said there was a secret passage underneath and my , my uncle er used to er he used , he named , he named some locks , my uncle did a till lock and when I star began to work there er they were called Salmon Baits and er Mr said to me you know he said er it 's your un they used to call him Trot , my uncle , it 's your uncle Trot that named them and I said was it and it was a till lock and they could n't get them right er they were having trouble with these particular till locks , and er my uncle said to Mr when he went around they were having trouble and he said , all these locks all these things are good for a bait for Salmon and then they were called Salmon Bait and they were traded as Salmon Bait so |
| 20 | Could n't get them clean . |
| 21 | One could n't get it wrong . ’ |
| 22 | So well Paul come out , I was talking to Steven and he said I come home last night and he said I could n't park me bloody car up cos there were cars everywhere , and they were all theirs . |
| 23 | A piece of rope was tied to it but the knot was difficult to undo and , after fiddling with it for what felt like hours , he still could n't pry it loose . |
| 24 | And you could n't , you could n't pry it open , could you ? |
| 25 | Could n't call them classy , but they are up there also … |
| 26 | The 12 inch and CD formats also feature excellent versions of ‘ Could n't Call It Unexpected ’ , ‘ Veronica ’ and ‘ Hurry Down Doomsday ( The Bugs Are Taking Over ) ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ If it 's aborted early on , ’ said Clare , ‘ you really could n't call it human . |
| 28 | ‘ These new lambs would die if I could n't keep them warm for a while . |
| 29 | They could n't keep it airtight , of course . |