Example sentences of "they could [not/n't] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could n't contemplate such a situation with a united Germany and their allies in the Eastern bloc in chaotic pursuit of democracy . |
| 2 | The first settlers , displaced from central Europe by forces unknown , probably because they could n't pay some Mesolithic Poll Tax , trekked north with their women and children , building circular huts amidst sea-shore sand dunes . |
| 3 | They decided they could n't do much about the rape , but they dealt with the wife beating by publicly humiliating and parading the culprits ! |
| 4 | But they could n't do that because only one third of the councillors were up for election . |
| 5 | ‘ But they could n't do that ! |
| 6 | Well with this stuff , they could n't do that and then they they they their stomach used to get compacted the they they they could n't er could n't er get their cud up and caused a lot of stomach trouble . |
| 7 | I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that |
| 8 | They could n't do this to me ! |
| 9 | Representatives at the conference said they could n't give any details . |
| 10 | The people who backed Docklands Express and Brown Windsor in last Saturday 's Grand National can attest to that : they backed their opinion with real cash — but for all their money , they could n't make either horse win . |
| 11 | Most of the children said they could n't remember any bits they liked ; eventually , with much prompting and nagging , everyone came up with something . |
| 12 | They could n't remember any more . |
| 13 | The Fuller family 's neighbours felt they could n't let such an auspicious occasion pass without applying a little bunting to the brickwork . |
| 14 | ‘ They could n't get all the shrapnel out . ’ |
| 15 | their throats were completely erm , full of worms , and they could n't get any more worms into those throats , so they knew these chicks were totally full , as full could be . |
| 16 | For the stations , railway stations because they could n't get any coal do you see . |
| 17 | There were , there was , there was n't any runway it was just a grass airfield as there was a lot of them in those days erm this , this is why they , they could n't get any aircraft of any size in there you see , this is why some of them used to overshoot if they got twin engines before the war erm |
| 18 | ‘ Once they realised they could n't get any money they ran out of the shop and I think they got away in a car . ’ |
| 19 | I mean if they could open nine days a week , they could n't get any more money out of me because |
| 20 | Particularly if they could n't get any more information . |
| 21 | They ran themselves into the ground , ran Chesterfield off the pitch , but they could n't get another goal . |
| 22 | There are some very important bits that we need to be making a a note of there , and many witnesses told lies against Jesus , but their stories did n't agree , they tried to find some evidence against him in order to put him to death Mark tells us , but they could n't find any . |
| 23 | Anthony Bowen , 21 , was bound and gagged after the raiders said they would kill him after they could n't find any money . |
| 24 | They could n't understand that . |
| 25 | ‘ If we all went , they could n't catch all of us . ’ |
| 26 | They could n't catch this stallion : it was in a loose box and it got on top of the chap who 'd been leading it . |
| 27 | I duly contacted Memory Direct , who told me they could n't supply these modules , but very helpfully gave me Epson 's customer support line number . |
| 28 | One frog croaked , and then another , and then they could n't hear each other speak . |
| 29 | Later , my mother told me they had to lip read : they could n't hear each other speak for the noise of the looms . |
| 30 | They could n't hear each other . |