Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I came out of the service I bought a Fender , but I just could n't hold on to it ; it was too small and the weight was wrong . |
| 2 | Patrick was nearly twenty now , and she could n't hold on to him forever , she realized that . |
| 3 | For the thirty seconds or so that the video lasted , John was alive , but I could n't hold on to it for any longer than that . |
| 4 | Jessamy was aware of that thought drifting into her head , but she could n't hold on to it , and it drifted out again . |
| 5 | After a little while , Oliver was so cold that he could n't hold on to the banisters any more . |
| 6 | Dana could n't stand up to him for a moment . ’ |
| 7 | And their conclusion is , he could n't stand up to , to Lloyd George in and the reason was these were strong , erm , male leaders , and Wilson , when it came to being with men , er , was weak , and the question asked is , why was he weak in dealing with men ? |
| 8 | He was trying to undermine her self-confidence , make her believe she could n't stand up to the exigencies of canal life . |
| 9 | But it would need a sixty percent vote on the council , and once they 'd do made the switch , they could n't switch back to a system by thirds for ten years . |
| 10 | So she could n't go out to work cos she 'd got young girls to bring up so they went to the social and the social turned round and said to them before we give you any money you 've got ta spend all this bloody redundancy you 've got ta have used all your savings , including the kids savings , and you 've got ta have nothing ! |
| 11 | And that would be one more bar we could n't go back to . |
| 12 | Two days later they called me back and said that I could n't go back to Jamaica , but offered me a place in the group going to Thailand , which was leaving in February . |
| 13 | You could n't go back to the time when the great art critics like Bernard Berenson and Herbert Read reigned supreme , even if you wanted to . |
| 14 | I could n't back to , like I always used to have two erm but oh I could n't go back to that ! |
| 15 | He says that the main priority was to ensure that the travellers could n't group up to stage a huge festival . |
| 16 | She could n't give in to intimidation . |
| 17 | We went to make coffee , the wretched little kitchen , and I thought , anyhow I could n't face up to living here with him just the domestic effort . |
| 18 | The trouble was , we could believe in the Continent being overrun again , but we could n't face up to it happening here . |
| 19 | But the real reason , I knew , was because he could n't face up to my being ill . |
| 20 | ‘ So it was n't David who could n't face up to your illness at all ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Both ran against former vice-presidents who could n't match up to their predecessor 's popularity . |
| 22 | I could n't settle down to my old life because … ’ |
| 23 | Loopy Lil had n't a steady enough hand for spillikins and she could n't count up to more than three for the dominoes but she seemed happy to watch and smile . |
| 24 | I was to do the counting — up to a hundred ( I could n't count up to a hundred , I had to do it in tens ) and when I opened my eyes he 'd have disappeared . |
| 25 | Obsessed with Siti , the youngest , he stole her sarong from the bank so that she could n't fly back to the stars with her startled sisters . |
| 26 | As they sped back towards Wimbledon , Robert wondered why he still could n't own up to the lie that had started all this . |
| 27 | But , even if she could find the nerve to admit to her deception , she could n't own up to a thing — Cara was depending on her ! |
| 28 | I guess he heard Barbara and me discussing the good time we had with you , and he kind of picked up on it , and he wondered why he could n't come down to the Bahamas and isolate himself from drugs . |
| 29 | I could n't get round to saying what I wanted to . |
| 30 | I could n't get through to them . |