Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [verb] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost two centuries later it was being proposed that in much the same way every Spanish ambassador should have assigned to him a son or younger brother " to assist him as a comrade in his work " , be instructed in the conduct of embassy business and handle matters the ambassador himself could not spare time for , with the implication that he might well succeed to the post if it fell vacant . |
| 2 | John , whose Gospel scheme does not include , except by implication , the story of what the church , equipped with the Holy Spirit , achieved , and therefore could not make room for Pentecost ( as Luke does at the outset of his second volume ) , nevertheless makes the same point with considerable clarity In the first chapter of his Gospel he stresses that the Spirit rests exclusively upon Jesus , the fulfilment of the messianic hopes of the Old Testament for the bearer of the Spirit . |
| 3 | Despite the imposition of price controls , his government could not win acceptance for its pay restraint policy on the part of the TUC . |
| 4 | The security at the Palace was so tight that even the band 's ersatz manager , Scott Piering , could not gain admittance for his close acquaintances . |
| 5 | One central committee member , Ognjen Krstulovic , resigned because he could not accept responsibility for the implementation of the policy . |
| 6 | Although many boatmen 's wives acted as crew they were not recognised as such and could not get compensation for injury or sick pay . |
| 7 | When they could not get gold for their dollars after 1971 ( the US gold stock fell by only $2½ billion over the whole period ) , they only acquired these dollars because they were prepared to sell their own currencies in order to prevent them rising further . |
| 8 | Having got this joke out of the way , she was then told no she could not have money for food , but she could have cash for a carpet . |
| 9 | You could n't take responsibility for living bodies , blood that can flow , nerves that can actually feel . |
| 10 | " But I could n't take responsibility for them , " Mr. Mendez said . |
| 11 | Nature was blooming and burgeoning , but poor Karen could n't get gravid for love or money . |
| 12 | A minute or two later Pat said he could n't keep height for lack of power and we would have to ditch . |
| 13 | ‘ Could n't play squash for an hour . |
| 14 | A they could n't er they could n't get er th they could n't provide accommodation for all the hundreds that they were , you see . |
| 15 | Leeds just could nt keep possession for any time , so were nt building attacks , even the clearances started going out of play . |