Example sentences of "could not [verb] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each contributed much , but they did not often speak to each other , and indeed almost literally could not speak to each other . |
| 2 | We have met many A&R men but we felt we could not talk to most of them on any sensible basis , ’ says Gedge . |
| 3 | Mr Ridley said in 1987 that it could not lend to those who seemed unlikely to be able to service their debts — He went too far : technically , it could . |
| 4 | Colin Who , only took up fotbal this seeson has licked nothin in yuthanasium ( 110$ purr mach ) but sadlee could not adap to this hi standard of footee . |
| 5 | The employer delegate Fraser , referring to equal payment for fat and lean said , " of course , we could not agree to that sort of thing " , and significantly there were no male piece-workers at all employed at his firm , Neill 's . |
| 6 | Alun Evans , secretary of the Welsh football association who doubles up as chairman of the UAU committee , said : ‘ I was informed by the chairman of the UAU rugby committee that he was discussing the possible sponsorship of its championship and I received a copy of a proposal … it contained a number of features which were not acceptable to the union and it was therefore with great surprise that we learned a launch for the sponsorship had been called and it was decided that the union could not agree to this action . ’ |
| 7 | I could not stick to any diet for very long because of the chocolate cravings . |
| 8 | Well , Felipe could n't go to that woman anyhow because she was with her husband no matter what signals she had been giving Felipe . |
| 9 | We could n't get it forward properly , we could n't pass to each other and they had I think they still only had one chance second half and managed to squeeze it in to get a point . |
| 10 | He could n't move to another part of the country and start the process over . |
| 11 | on the logo front when Linda wrote to me and said she could n't come to this meeting |
| 12 | Your boyfriend could n't object to that , surely ? after all , we do have something in common — Caroline is your friend and my stepsister . |
| 13 | Obviously Patterson could n't run to that . ’ |