Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [vb infin] a time " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately he could not offer a time for his visit .
2 Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother .
3 Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother .
4 Dinah Asshe could not remember a time when she had not enjoyed dressing up .
5 On the other hand , he could not remember a time when it had not been taken for granted the Hall would one day be his own .
6 He could not remember a time when he had not known .
7 They could n't remember a time when they had been without it .
8 He could n't remember a time when going to bed with a woman had n't dulled his interest , acting almost inevitably as a cure for his fascination .
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