Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And frankly , I could n't disappear to the West Indies and leave you all in this mess with the business . ’ |
| 2 | If it was some horrible misunderstanding , he could n't talk to the girl to try to clear it up ; instead , he had to be kept in prison to prevent any possibility of contact . |
| 3 | Obviously he could n't talk to the police , and it would suit his book better if Vecchi was caught by someone outside his own organisation . |
| 4 | At the same time , you wanted to grab Connie Fraser , and send her out in the country with a medical man to say she could n't talk to the law . |
| 5 | It was something else that was bothering him , something illogical that he could n't explain to the Captain until he had explained it to himself . |
| 6 | offered to call round if I could n't go to the meeting . |
| 7 | But you could n't go to the doctor 's until surgery time , that were six o'clock you see . |
| 8 | My limbs were managed and there was grit embedded all over my body , it was so painful , I could n't go to the loo and the Balinese maid had to give us sponge baths . |
| 9 | Of course , the men could n't go to the women themselves . ’ |
| 10 | I could n't go to the disco , Mammy . ’ |
| 11 | Yeah , I mean what was nice in , in a way was that er I could n't go to the last meeting I was n't well , I had a cold er , what was nice in a way was that David who 's the general manager and the general manager from Pitlochry had come in , I mean in a way it was a classic case |
| 12 | Well I could n't go to the bottom of the table because of the Eeeuk ! |
| 13 | Well , they 've had , they 've only had you must of been better or Miss Johnson would of said you could n't go to the public |
| 14 | Monday , cos I could n't go to the gym . |
| 15 | Well I had learnt shorthand and typing at school but erm the money was necessary at home you see , and er with my sister working there , at H and T Hornes , er she spoke for me and er I had an interview and and they put me up in the nursery , we used to call it the nursery see because we were all fourteens up there and er then they called it the cylinder shop and er my foreman was a fella name Archie and erm everything was very very strict indeed , we could not move away from our board you could n't speak to the next one that was working by you , and er there was a fella named Mr and he was he , I did n't work for him I worked for Mr , but some you cou you were afraid to move because of this man and he he he 'd stare at you and he 'd look at you and anyway erm they put me assembling and it was very interesting indeed , there was a tall stand on , we called it the bench , a tall stand with a screw on the top and then to as begin to assemble the locks you had to take what we would call the body , screw it into the er little on the stand and then we had tweezers , there were , in the body there were five springs and then you had to have five breast pins and when you got the springs in you .. we have to have a plug at the back so as we could put each pin and push the plug over that a dummy plug we called it and so that was five pins were in and then there was a ball er when that , when we came to put it in our vice , we had to put the V I C E not V O voice . |
| 16 | But even they could n't dance to the music . |
| 17 | He could n't warm to the notion of a Gooseneck-Sunil love affair : the potential for pain seemed too great . |
| 18 | She could n't take to the child . |
| 19 | She could n't see to the bottom of the scree slope . |
| 20 | Philip thought that maybe Mrs Wright 's friend was an invalid and could n't come to the door to open it . |
| 21 | Marie Claire had written to say she could n't come to the wedding and had sent a present of yet more tablecloths and napkins . |
| 22 | ‘ It was so dark I could hardly see where to put my cross on the voting slip — and then I could n't get to the ballot box which was situated in a poky little office . |
| 23 | They could n't get to the top ; there were too many cars . |
| 24 | He still could n't get to the bottom of it . |
| 25 | I could n't get to the first part again and yeah that 's right |
| 26 | And he volunteered to give a lift to anyone who could n't get to the annual general meeting in March . |
| 27 | Sorrel could n't run to the back of an envelope , but found instead a spare section of Filofax pages , just about the most expensive scribble pad you could get short of using ten-pound notes . |
| 28 | So when I knew I had cancer and was facing death , I still could n't pray to the God I associated with the churches . |
| 29 | He simply could n't respond to the person she had become . |