Example sentences of "could not [verb] [art] same " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the captives could not speak the same language , reasoned the slavers , they were unlikely to organize effective opposition . |
| 2 | Unfortunately he could not do the same at Newcastle in the FA Cup and , although he got leave of absence from school for the match , we were unable to prevent the Geordies from avenging their 1907 defeat . |
| 3 | He found , however , as he loped along , ostensibly to school , that he could not feel the same bitterness that he had done when he first started to write . |
| 4 | In his summing up Lord Griffiths said that if a family had lost its right to priority treatment through intentional homelessness , the parents could not achieve the same result ‘ through the back door ’ by applying in the name of a dependent child . |
| 5 | She regretted she could not say the same about his chest and general condition , and explained why in detail . |
| 6 | But he said the incidents were not being linked at this stage and he could not say the same people were responsible for each theft . |
| 7 | The break between ordinary and scientific knowledge seems to us so clear that these two types of knowledge could not have the same philosophy . |
| 8 | ‘ I never saw one thing she wanted that did not sell , ’ but nonetheless insisted that this undisciplined approach was unacceptable for a customer trying to furnish a house , who might have kept a sample for six weeks only to find she could not reorder the same fabric . |
| 9 | They just could n't give the same level of service . ’ |
| 10 | The wind was only slightly stronger and the reservoir a little choppier , but most of the others were out already and managing fine , so I saw no reason why we could n't do the same . |
| 11 | You probably could n't say the same for Howard Kendall — the Everton manager tried in vain to sign the big fellow from Luton earlier in the season . |
| 12 | Shame the British weather could n't say the same . |
| 13 | Mr. Andrew has always been devoted to Kate , Mr. Mottram , but I could n't say the same about her . |
| 14 | SINGER Paula Abdul , left , lost out when she could n't hit the same key as Frank Sinatra . |