Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could not go for a walk that afternoon . |
| 2 | Taken by surprise , she could not answer for a moment and than said angrily , ‘ If you knew , why did n't you say something before ? ’ |
| 3 | Although the syntactic filter could no doubt be improved , it probably could not compensate for a 20,000 word lexicon and/or poorer acoustic-phonetic discrimination . |
| 4 | We could not undress for a week in case of a submarine attack , and you all got a little cross , I remember . |
| 5 | In Dekker the employer had tried to argue that the refusal to hire was not on the grounds of pregnancy but on the ground of adverse financial consequences the firm could not pay for a replacement during the period of maternity leave needed by Ms Dekker and as a result the firm would be short-staffed . |
| 6 | You could not ask for a better curtain-raiser to the day 's racing . |
| 7 | It is time that your creative talents were developed alongside individuals who are of like mind and outlook , and you could not wish for a better planetary set-up to further your aims and ambitions : the past few years have taught you all you need to know about self-survival . |
| 8 | The Crown 's practical arguments were that the case was so rare that it could not call for a fundamental reformulation of the law and that it was impossible for their lordships to set limits on the application of the principle which , being a matter of policy , was a question for the legislature . |
| 9 | If an individual or the members of a firm may sue for a libel imputing to them insolvency , because of the damage which such a libel is calculated to do them in relation to their business , could it possibly be maintained that a trading corporation could not sue for a like libel ? … |
| 10 | You could n't hope for a clearer sign of how things have changed in new music over the last decade or so than the sight of five eminent young , or young-ish , British composers applying their ingenuity to the art of writing divertimentos ( two of them even opting for late eighteenth-century period instrument ensembles ) as curtain raisers for last year 's Glyndebourne Mozart performances ( the promised Don Giovanni serenade by Oliver Knussen never materialized ) . |
| 11 | " But we ca n't find four thousand in a week And , with things as they are , we could n't hope for a bank loan even if … " |
| 12 | Pity we could n't go for a romp round a canal is n't it ? |
| 13 | Jenny could n't speak for a moment . |
| 14 | This was something so endearing I could n't speak for a moment . |
| 15 | In short , pasta could n't wish for a tastier sauce to turn good old ‘ spag bol ’ into the most bellissima bolognese . |
| 16 | We think you 'll agree — you could n't wish for a better match . |
| 17 | Mr Brown said he really could n't wish for a more destructive class . |
| 18 | ‘ Sure I could n't wish for a better husband for her . ’ |
| 19 | You could n't wish for a better place to work . |
| 20 | She could n't apply for a passport as she was under age . |
| 21 | I could n't ask for a more caring and loving bunch of people . |
| 22 | The chap is very very experienced , he knows what he 's doing and he 's he you you could n't ask for a better worker really but yes d I I do believe he 's got a problem with his eyesight . |
| 23 | Yeah well we , we could n't push for a new |
| 24 | One could n't look for a stronger and more candid refutation of Assemblyman Keene 's view that doctors think the law is relevant . |