Example sentences of "could not [vb infin] [prep] [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 | He could not go like that . |
| 3 | The settlement er in all probability as we established yesterday morning , could not go within those few fields which are in the Greater York area and not in the greenbelt . |
| 4 | Most of the girls I spoke to said they could not talk about these things to their mothers , and some of their mothers were no more than seventeen or nineteen years older than themselves . |
| 5 | We have met many A&R men but we felt we could not talk to most of them on any sensible basis , ’ says Gedge . |
| 6 | There were , of course , other causes than ecclesiastical for the changing attitudes : public decorum , proper behaviour and increasingly complicated social rituals — as in mourning , dining , dressing and visiting — were part of Victorian middle and upper-class life and the churches could not stand outside these changes . |
| 7 | A number of manors , such as Patching , complained repeatedly that they could not cope with such demands ; there is little evidence that they got any cuts . |
| 8 | ‘ He could not cope with this rather alien environment of civilian life , ’ he said . |
| 9 | For visitors would stare at her , ask her questions , would talk and expect a reply , and Alida knew that she could say nothing , could not cope with any demands . |
| 10 | He said he could not serve on that sub-committeee ( consisting of Brian Close , Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott , Tony Woodhouse ) ‘ when I do not see eye to eye with them on any subject ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ He could not move at all , not even a blink , ’ she said . |
| 12 | ‘ But within half and hour I could not move at all and I went to hospital . |
| 13 | Most houses had rows of jars with fermenting liquid — the only losers were the pubs who just could not compete with this almost free wine , which I remember — I had a sip or two when no-one was looking , was of sweet taste but with a real kick . |
| 14 | But there is no reason to think that airlines based in Europe could not compete in this expanded transatlantic market . |
| 15 | But he could not think of any other way to work safely . |
| 16 | Ten per cent could not think of any form . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She had behaved as if she was quite prepared to be Alain 's , and she could not think of any reply at all . |
| 20 | She could not think of any means of doing it without involving Andrew . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Three months after his symptoms had started , he could not sleep at all , and suffered from waking dreams . |
| 23 | I could not sleep at all that night . |
| 24 | Afterwards he became very ill and had difficulty breathing and could not walk at all . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Although it made him uneasy , he could not tell for some moments what it was . |
| 28 | We could not conceive of such things happening to us . |
| 29 | Hotspur could not conceive of such doings in the dark ; but neither could he connect his prisoner with them . |
| 30 | The second defendants were liable because they could not rely on such an examination taking place . |