Example sentences of "who could not [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here I was , for some time , the favourite of Mrs. Simper , my lady 's woman , who could not bear the vulgar girls , and was happy in the attendance of a young woman of some education . |
| 2 | Damn him for dissembling ; for pretending to Daniel that he was n't wounded to the core at being passed over , pretending that it was only Anna who was suffering , as if it were she who could not bear the lack of advancement , of increased prosperity . |
| 3 | I remember one lad , Nobby Clark , who could not stand the pace . |
| 4 | The Maggot referred to himself as a ‘ good old country boy ’ which description provoked Ellen , who could not stand the sight of him , to comment that John Maggovertski was to country what the serpent was to Eden . |
| 5 | It was then the custom of the Church of England that a curate should be ordained to be a deacon ( the lowest order of the ministry ) whose duty was to help the parish priest in all his pastoral duties but who could not perform the priestly acts of celebrating the sacrament or giving absolution or blessing . |
| 6 | All the foreign teams are in the mountain trial and the 80 who could not make the main event are in an overflow , starting 0631 hours ! |
| 7 | Before the introduction of the workmen 's train , all the men from these two villages walked along the canal towpath to Wolverton , as did many afterwards who could not afford the fare . |
| 8 | People who could not afford litigation ( because they could not pay the difference between their costs and the taxed costs recoverable ) or who could not afford the risk of litigation ( because costs awarded might not be recoverable or because they might lose ) might be assisted by the scheme . |
| 9 | When the provision of legal services for those who could not afford the normal fees was dependent upon the charity of the profession , the relationship between client and lawyer must have been somewhat awkward . |
| 10 | Everyone using a Scanner who could not afford the high prices demanded by commercial Optical Character Recognition packages will be delighted with this . |
| 11 | When man himself started to make decisions which were to become contributions to the substance of the Created God , there arose individuals who could not accept the decisions which were designated ‘ good ’ by the majority , and who therefore started moving towards behaviour which was specifically harmful to others . |
| 12 | Aaron was taken to hospital by his father , Graham , who could not find the missing digit . |
| 13 | The two volumes of her so-called biography were received unenthusiastically by reviewers who could not know the extent to which it was Hardy 's own attempt to sum up his views on lifelong preoccupations such as the nature of art , life , and man 's cruelty to man and the other animals . |
| 14 | But it really started on Friday in the Stranmillis Theatre with the Ulster Youth Dance , who could not get the theatre at any other time for its Rite of Spring . |
| 15 | For many groups , public-pressure group activity was no sign of their power , but it was a testament to the frustrated powerlessness of those who could not get the ear of government , still less their positive action — no matter what they did or did not do . |
| 16 | Those who could not take the Pioneers at any price had the option of training for essential civilian work . |
| 17 | His is in some ways a tragic case : a man of immense talent and massive erudition , gifted with profound insights , who could not say the things he most wanted to say but who , nevertheless , has gone on to say them . |
| 18 | Anyone who could n't make the open day should go along to the Monday evening practice sessions . |
| 19 | Only the owner was excluded from the common knowledge at Kempton that day : that her horse had been wrestled into second place by an apprentice who could n't anticipate the obvious . |
| 20 | Jochim turns it through to Speedy who could n't repeat the dose . |
| 21 | Other celebrities who could n't attend the ceremony sent messages of support . |
| 22 | Who would n't join a Marxist reading group because he was an antiquated masculist , who could n't recognise the glory of women in struggle ? ’ |
| 23 | Mr. Browne referred to the trend in the developed world to make the polluter pay , but Mr. Malone stressed that the west could not deny developing countries who could n't afford the cost of cleaning up the growth which they had enjoyed . |
| 24 | Here was a clear example of Western corporations using hard-sell marketing techniques on vulnerable mothers who could n't afford the product . |
| 25 | She made a very positive effort to be the right kind of person to be around — in other words , she was not a liability , she was an asset , an extremely good cook and a very good organiser , and having discovered that we both went to the same school in Switzerland where French was the main language taught , we would enjoy talking to each other in French , much to the annoyance of David who could n't understand the language . ’ |
| 26 | Incongruously , Giselle was a flabby girl ( parents should think ! ) who could n't screw the top of the coffee jar on straight , could n't put the milk back in the fridge , could n't shut the door . |
| 27 | Hardly a title to conjure up visions of wild youthful abandonment , ‘ Heaven Knows … ’ pushed The Smiths further into the badlands of bedsit squalor , a Godsend for those who could n't stomach the effortless polish of Sade . |
| 28 | Those who could n't read the words made them up , and Tich , who 'd lost his glasses , settled for singing ‘ Widecombe Fair ’ instead , coughing , spluttering and relishing his last night out . |
| 29 | now we 've news of two champions who could n't find the winning formula this weekend |