Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who could not stand it returned home worn out by the virulence of anti-Irish racism which they experienced from English people . |
| 2 | He could not think what had got into Helen , normally as rational as himself about all this , or so he had thought . |
| 3 | Really , she could not think what had come over Harold . |
| 4 | He could not think what had happened for things to have become so out of hand . |
| 5 | This quiet group of people looked so simple and unassuming that at first he could not think what made them interesting to him , and then he realized that they gave every appearance of complete sincerity . |
| 6 | People who could not bear it walked out . |
| 7 | They just could not repeat what transpired . |
| 8 | The SSI is concerned that a small number of authorities could not show they had abided by this ruling and would require some further investigation by the SSI and the Audit Commission . |
| 9 | That is to say , he could not admit he had made a mistake in siding with the Axis , without jeopardizing his continuation in power . |
| 10 | Those who could not feed themselves had only the option of closing their mouths against the intruding spoon . |
| 11 | The triteness and immaturity of her own words and attitudes embarrassed Lee but she could not withhold what streamed out . |
| 12 | She added she had not seen a pewter mug with Ivy 's name on it in its usual place , but could not confirm it had been stolen until the house was straightened out . |
| 13 | At first his tired dulled brain could not comprehend what had happened . |
| 14 | The rye was growing so tall that Sharpe could not see what lay around the bend . |
| 15 | In the darkness he could not see what went on further down the line , but obviously the same problems would prevail there . |
| 16 | I could not see what had happened , as I was standing on the settee to reach into the tank ( on a bookcase ) and the Meth blue was n't helping either . |
| 17 | In Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd ( No 2 ) [ 1988 ] 3 All ER 545 ( part of the Spycatcher case ) it was recognised that information which Peter Wright had unearthed by his own endeavours was clearly covered by an obligation of confidence even though one could not say there existed a " confider " or " confidant " in relation to that information . |
| 18 | Correspondingly , if , as is t e case , we know only what has happened since the big bang , we could not determine what happened beforehand . |
| 19 | He still could not understand what had happened , but at least he realized that Blackberry wanted him to show authority . |
| 20 | He could not understand what had brought Tess here . |
| 21 | He could not understand what had happened . |
| 22 | When I told him I could not come he turned up the collar of his coat and walked away , looking at the pavement beside the unlit shop windows , hands deep in his pockets , and passed into the night going towards the Bridge of Three Eyes . |
| 23 | He could not know she had been on the beach long enough to see what had happened . |
| 24 | But she had not known when Foucard last spoke to her and he could not know she had found out . |
| 25 | She could not let him read it now , in the middle of the preparations . |
| 26 | No , she could not remember who had served her . |
| 27 | At first I could not believe you thought this was the house and later … well , I enjoyed listening to you going on about it . |
| 28 | I could not believe I had actually done it . |
| 29 | Could not believe he expected to get it through without having a formal appraisal system . |
| 30 | Two days later , he brought me a charcoal drawing of her , very lightly done , a sort of dream-like impression and it was so like her , it captured the essence of her so minutely , that I could not believe he had never seen her , only listened to me . ’ |