Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [verb] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Edmonds said all companies would have to pay the same base rate so they could not complain of unfair competition . |
| 2 | But he could not think of any other way to work safely . |
| 3 | Ten per cent could not think of any form . |
| 4 | Clara could not think of any scheme in which the man she had just seen could have been described as lovely , but she instantly invented one . |
| 5 | The farmer , who was a great coward , did n't like the idea of going back empty-handed to the tiger , but as he could not think of any other plan , he did as he was told . |
| 6 | She had behaved as if she was quite prepared to be Alain 's , and she could not think of any reply at all . |
| 7 | She could not think of any means of doing it without involving Andrew . |
| 8 | He talked about selling Astley and although it was probably little more than talk , he was forced to run it extremely economically , and could not think of another London house on the scale of Eaton Square . |
| 9 | We could not conceive of such things happening to us . |
| 10 | Hotspur could not conceive of such doings in the dark ; but neither could he connect his prisoner with them . |
| 11 | er reading and I ha , I could n't hold of enough of the material in the time I 'd got to write the essay so I would n't have studied enough , so I did this one on machines , and I got hold of two good books . |
| 12 | Oh it had oh yes definitely , they used to have a lot of machinery from Germany , cos they were specialists in , in power presses , oh I used to , the one big press I used to work on I used bells , erm all this was great nearly as high as the ceiling here and it was an press , and er just one just press a lever or a handle there used to be er handles on the side as well sometimes they put levers sometimes a handle and the bell would come out all formed and everything and that was heavy steel , and that was a heavy job , but erm they were very very heavy presses they , the pressure was very I do n't know tons or something like that , but erm it was all er it was all to cut labour out and er and the self-feed as well where one would be feeding it or you 'd pull it yourself , it was automatic all automatic I could n't think of that word before . |
| 13 | ’ I could n't think of much else to say . |
| 14 | But we could n't think of many states with a strong enough identity to have a symposium about . |
| 15 | Do n't worry if you could n't think of many . |
| 16 | On the spur of the moment he could n't think of another Christian name . |
| 17 | Henry could n't think of any celebrated poisoners apart from Maltby and Crippen . |
| 18 | When he could n't think of any more women in government , he added a few authors , actresses , athletes — ‘ Jane Fonda , ’ he muttered , ‘ Chrissie Evert , Dusty Springfield , Adriana Rich ! ’ |
| 19 | Jess could n't think of any words on the way up and Midnight seemed to have retreated again . |
| 20 | I could n't think of any situation in which Flora could be jealous of me . |
| 21 | So we could n't think of any reason to keep Scope 's stunning new snap of Courteney Cox from you a moment longer . |
| 22 | But I could n't think of any other excuse |
| 23 | I could n't think of any suitable advice at the time . |
| 24 | until one day they could n't think of any way that you could may improve it . |
| 25 | The thought occurred to him that he should give them some orders , but he could n't think of any . |
| 26 | He asked the young men from the agents who showed him round if the pipes were lagged and whether the soil was chalk or clay ; he could n't think of any other questions . |
| 27 | ‘ Because — ’ She was alarmed to find she could n't think of any good reason . |
| 28 | ‘ I could n't think of any other . ’ |
| 29 | It would have to be a fast one , and expensive — offhand , Rincewind could n't think of any horse-dealer he knew who was rich enough to give change out of almost a whole ounce of gold . |
| 30 | He could n't think of any C's . |