Example sentences of "could n't [verb] on the " in BNC.
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1 | we , no we broaden it i i , they they just could n't manage on the sea ones . |
2 | You see , they could n't rely on the local beys not to forget it had been abolished . |
3 | It may be that David 's teacher would consider it appropriate to wonder why he thought mummies and daddies could n't go on the slide . |
4 | You could n't go on the heath and train horses up after half past nine . |
5 | Well it so happened that two of the aircrewmen were burnt enough , not real serious , but burned enough that they had to use the ground spare from another squadron , they could n't go on the mission . |
6 | He could n't go on the corkscrew he could n't go up on the ship he could n't go on anything . |
7 | Sometimes , in a sort of way , I was glad to be in , when I could n't cope on the outside . |
8 | A spokesman for Tewkesbury Council said he could n't comment on the parents plans to sue . |
9 | And she could n't sleep on the floor of the factory with the mice skittering round , and the black beetles everywhere . |
10 | I did n't say anything , just put the bits I could n't eat on the side of my plate . |
11 | I could n't concentrate on the film at all , I was so aware of her presence beside me in the flickering darkness . |
12 | The money was wasted because she could n't concentrate on the film . |
13 | He once pulled a switchblade on his director because they could n't agree on the way to do a scene . |
14 | erm Yes , now if we get to about half way down there 's a plus in the margin , and the third line in the bracket below that plus , more or less on a level with a three dot , and a little bit below , it says , William , I think it 's Wilkinson , a minister , curate of St Ebbe 's Parish , ‘ his answer that he must attend the burials and christenings ’ , so obviously he could n't work on the fortifications . |
15 | She was going to find out shortly that she could n't get on the wrong side of Harry without paying for it . |
16 | I could n't get on the plane . |
17 | I could have done with it , I could n't get on the bloo they got this internal bus service that runs from each college , cos you have to go to the other colleges for your lectures , and I just sort , there 's not enough , and you , you get turned away , and I just thought , I went for that bus Tuesday morning , I was supposed to get it at eight fifteen , and he just said sorry , no more room . |
18 | Hello erm I could n't get on the line yesterday , so I thought I 'd try and ring in today . |
19 | No you could n't live on the interest . |