Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From now on , she knew , she could n't set foot wrong . |
| 2 | We could n't leave Malham country without seeing the Cove and we made a detour in the mini-bus . |
| 3 | Well , obviously Eleventh Hour — I could n't imagine Alan Fountain 's output at the BBC . |
| 4 | you were n't in and I could n't , I could n't find telephone number to give him a ring , I 've just got , I 've just got through to Directory Enquiries , got the number , just gon na dial it and gran says Annette 's home . |
| 5 | I could n't find freezer space that 's why I |
| 6 | ‘ To find out why he could n't get planning permission , I expect , ’ Frank answered almost gleefully . |
| 7 | [ But ] the author excludes too many dialectical tensions from the book at the start : no church music will be considered ; no worrying about those Americans who could n't afford sheet music and a piano in the parlor is allowed either ; and no room for primarily instrumental music like marches , ragtime , jazz , or polka music up to 1950 . |
| 8 | Yes , Chair , I , I mean I support the criteria that 's been laid out in five two there , I think it 's very important that we do actually , important that we do actually highlight the issue of low pay , and where it 's occurring , and in , in some way that then prevents companies , the , the unscrupulous type of companies that would come in to exploit that , from actually doing it , since most people would then be aware it , and I think that the last speaker 's just suggested that it 's an extremely cheap way of obtaining masses of information about Shropshire 's erm , earnings levels , and I think that 's very important that we are , and do come to grips with that , and clearly could n't afford officer time to be spent on , on merely collating that all the time . |
| 9 | I could n't class Sunday morning 's action replay of Saturday night as ‘ playing me up ’ . |