Example sentences of "he could not [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't just sit here and do nothing . |
| 2 | Something about them made him feel deeply afraid , but he knew that he could n't just stand there . |
| 3 | But she heard herself saying , still in shrewish style , that on the contrary there was n't any time in the morning , that she had to go to a psychoanalytical conference in the Metropole Hotel with a bunch of Japanese in the morning , that she wanted to talk now , that he could n't just announce that he wanted to get divorced and then decide he was too tired to talk about it . |
| 4 | He could n't just leave it like that . |
| 5 | But he could n't just leave her at the station . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't worry about me , ’ he 'd said , but then he could n't just leave it at that and so he 'd added , ‘ Will you be all right ? ’ |
| 7 | I asked why he could n't just plead guilty . |
| 8 | He might kill me , but he could n't just let me die . |
| 9 | He could n't clearly see the buildings or tell how things had changed since he was last in London . |
| 10 | He claimed he could n't properly see the dials and light indicators on the dashboard , as they were obscured by the leather Momo steering wheel . |
| 11 | So Kennedy could n't act precipitantly , he could n't simply do what he wanted to do which was to get rid of Castro , because if he 'd done that then his policy objectives in other parts of the world would be in jeopardy . |
| 12 | So Kennedy could n't act precipitantly , he could n't simply do what he wanted to do which was to get rid of Castro , because if he 'd done that then his policy objectives in other parts of the world would be in jeopardy . |
| 13 | ‘ He could n't fucking handle it . ’ |
| 14 | He could n't even do your |
| 15 | He said they were so shocking he could n't even bear to repeat them . ’ |
| 16 | So now he could n't even bear to be with her . |
| 17 | She got very worried when he could n't even lift his head . |
| 18 | and the men came , delivered the new ones and erm , one of them , er oh you said would you take the old one and they said , yeah , fine you know , dad said well it 'll take both of you , oh no , no , I can do that , he could n't even lift it you know cos they were so solid and two of them had a heck of a job did n't they ? |
| 19 | He played two seasons for Transvaal ( in ‘ 87 he could n't even make the side ) but against them he was brilliant . |
| 20 | Manager Howard Wilkinson was so shocked that he could n't even bring himself to deliver a dressing room rollicking afterwards . |
| 21 | Herbert tried to look hopeful about his future , but this time he could n't even manage his usual cheerful smile . |
| 22 | He could n't even swear that the fat man had left the hotel . ’ |
| 23 | He could n't even copy English place-names accurately : in 1866 , making notes on the ‘ coloured Minton tiles ’ at the South Kensington Museum , he turns Stoke-upon-Trent into ‘ Stroke-upon-Trend ’ . |
| 24 | He could n't even leave the stables to accompany us here over Christmas . |
| 25 | I mean time of physiological difference and strength needs of their strength that they could just about fire a and he could n't even pull them back and so they you know , fine if you wan na go hunting use the boat |
| 26 | He could n't even hear it any more . |
| 27 | He could n't even hear faint sounds from the next apartment without his imagination putting together some unwholesome scene of matching action . |
| 28 | Willie did n't know the tune and as he could n't read he could n't even follow the words . |
| 29 | He could n't even put together a picture of her day any longer , because she had n't allowed him to see the Bloomsbury rooms where she lived , though he had mooned by them in his car often enough , at the starts of many nights doomed to reveries of longing and revenge . |
| 30 | What could have possessed him to want somebody he could n't even see ? |