Example sentences of "could not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ten per cent could not think of any form . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | She had behaved as if she was quite prepared to be Alain 's , and she could not think of any reply at all . |
| 35 | She could not think of any means of doing it without involving Andrew . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | He could not sleep for two days before Billy 's first night , on 1 May 1974 , and he was unable to eat during the day of the opening show , which was attended by Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother . |
| 38 | I could not sleep for sheer fatigue . |
| 39 | Three months after his symptoms had started , he could not sleep at all , and suffered from waking dreams . |
| 40 | I could not sleep at all that night . |
| 41 | Waterwheels could not function at low water , so adjustable wheels were made . |
| 42 | Patterson trained her subjects to ask questions when they found that they could not choose between competing referents . |
| 43 | Afterwards he became very ill and had difficulty breathing and could not walk at all . |
| 44 | Clarke said of Sampson , ‘ Harry , could not bat at all , ’ being what he termed a ‘ poter , ’ whilst Sampson retorted that ‘ Bill did n't know how to bowl , ’ and that ‘ a child could play him . ’ |
| 45 | The Constitutional Court ruled on Oct. 31 that foreigners could not vote in local elections since the Basic Law recognised only " members of the German people " as German citizens . |
| 46 | Grunwald argued that since the foundation of the sociology of knowledge was ‘ axiological ’ rather than a science with an epistemology , it could not engage in empirical research . |
| 47 | In the face of unprecedented levels of unemployment , the unemployed themselves were pressing demands on the West Ham Board of Guardians for adequate levels of relief — demands that the guardians could not meet without heavy borrowing from the government . |
| 48 | He begged his uncle to let him meet Cathy for a walk or a ride on the moors between the Grange and Wuthering Heights , as they could not meet in either house . |
| 49 | Even now , like so many of the religious of the age , he could not settle in one place for ever ; he paid a final visit to Jerusalem . |
| 50 | Unfortunately , some of the patients could not return for frequent follow up visits to our clinic because of distance and also health care costs and were therefore referred back with our treatment plan to their own physicians . |
| 51 | Scott could not succeed without outside finance , and soon this was supplied by David Astor , then editor of the London Observer , who put up half the money for a new venture , the Central African Mail , which began publishing in 1960 . |
| 52 | Although it made him uneasy , he could not tell for some moments what it was . |
| 53 | We could not conceive of such things happening to us . |
| 54 | Hotspur could not conceive of such doings in the dark ; but neither could he connect his prisoner with them . |
| 55 | The second defendants were liable because they could not rely on such an examination taking place . |
| 56 | He added that the world could not rely on American growth to pull it out of recession , and suggested that Europe should lower interest rates . |
| 57 | With Gwendolen certain to change her vote , and as he could not rely on foolish Angelina to change hers , the situation was dangerous in the extreme . |
| 58 | The mother argued that the society could not rely on this defence as it was not part of the state . |
| 59 | This should be contrasted with the decision of the Court of Appeal in Griffiths v Peter Conway Ltd [ 1939 ] 1 All ER 685 where it was held that a buyer could not rely on this section when she contracted dermatitis from a Harris Tweed coat supplied because of her unusually sensitive skin . |
| 60 | Similarly , it could be argued that a non-party to the Vienna Convention could not rely upon that Convention 's procedural requirements for the manifestation of consent . |