Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't waste time in useless persuasion . |
| 2 | He could n't tell direction in the fog . |
| 3 | Oh I could n't eat chocolate in bed . |
| 4 | He could n't see curvature in the third dimension . |
| 5 | er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't |
| 6 | I ca n't remember the wages they paid us but we could n't get work in the shops anyway . |
| 7 | At one time he , he lived at , they lived at but er er she was a widow and she was ninety but she was very good to us and , but we had er , we had apartments but there was a lock on both sides of the door , you know what I mean , we were quite self-contained and we had er er a narrow stairs and because of the war I could n't , you could n't er , I used to scrub the stairs down because you could n't buy carpet in those days , you see because of the war and to the shortage of stuff and so I used to keep those stairs nice and , we had a , a , we went , as we went up these stairs erm it , I suppose originally , you see , it would have been back stairs for the servants , you see , in the hall and this old lady used to go in and if ever she had the doctor she used to ask me if I would go and sit with her and hold her hand while the doctor came , you see . |
| 8 | There was a woman called Wilkinson who could n't keep order in a birdcage . |