Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went back on his heels , but could n't clear the punch entirely . |
| 2 | Shannon tried to resist his plundering lips , tried to pull her face away , but she could n't think straight , could n't clear the confusion fogging her mind . |
| 3 | She was surprised when she was told she could n't feed the pig swill . |
| 4 | She was surprised when she was told she could n't feed the pig swill . |
| 5 | Once outside , she could n't hold the storm off any longer . |
| 6 | I could n't hold the component in a sash cramp , itself held in the vice , because the bearing at the base of the router fouled the sash cramp . |
| 7 | ‘ Our first-half performance was disappointing in that we could n't hold the ball up front . |
| 8 | She could n't hold the challenge of Kostroma in the straight , but second place brought her earnings worldwide to half a million pounds . |
| 9 | Reece could n't hold the shot and Guy Whittingham ran in for his 40th goal of the season . |
| 10 | I could n't hold the car on the clutch and I rolled back down the hill , getting very embarrassed , especially when a man had to help me push the car up the hill again ! |
| 11 | ‘ But children could n't walk it , and old people certainly could n't manage the snow , ’ said Dorcas . |
| 12 | He could n't manage the arithmetic . |
| 13 | Trent could n't place the accent . |
| 14 | Laidlaw had tacked his brains over and over but he could n't place the name . |
| 15 | He thought of Alan Millet … did n't know why , could n't place the trigger that led him to Alan Millet and a pub in the Elephant and Castle south of the Thames . |
| 16 | Polly 's irony could n't smother the pain that lanced through her . |
| 17 | We were adamant from the beginning that we could n't retain the breadth of the remit if we did n't have some security of income.1 That we would enable us to resist the temptation , either from shareholders or advertisers , to turn the channel into a sort of a yuppie channel . |
| 18 | Two of the volunteers ran up the white flag and could n't stay the court . |
| 19 | He hated his body , the scrawny legs on which the kneecaps protruded like deformities , the small blinking eyes too closely set , the sparse beard which could n't disguise the weakness of the mouth and chin . |
| 20 | She could n't disguise the contempt she felt . |
| 21 | And thirdly we have to satisfy you that in the circumstances of the operation the police were justified in restraining Mr with handcuffs for the short period of time that he was restrained and in addition Mrs who you will remember was restrained in her lounge , she was told she could n't leave the lounge , again for a few minutes . |
| 22 | He could n't leave the crucifix in the luggage locker for ever . |
| 23 | ‘ For many years in Moscow , I felt I could n't leave the country . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I could n't leave the lady alone . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I believe we loved each other , but when it came to the crunch he could n't leave the priesthood . ’ |
| 26 | In front of her most of the herd seemed to be grazing alongside the path , on either side of it , but Brenda could n't leave the path on her bike . |
| 27 | He needed more canvas , but he could n't leave the helm . |
| 28 | It sounded so forced , but she could n't leave the silence . |
| 29 | And Eva could n't leave the house without returning and saying , ‘ Hey , Haroon , I found something you might like ’ — a book on Japanese gardens , a silk scarf , a Waterman 's pen , an Ella Fitzgerald record and , once , a kite . |
| 30 | I think he finally started thinking , for reasons I ca n't say , about whether or not he could actually leave the hospital , and he finally asked , and he realized that he could n't leave the hospital alive . |