Example sentences of "could not [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it made him uneasy , he could not tell for some moments what it was . |
| 2 | Downes himself could not stay for more than a few minutes . |
| 3 | Harry could not move , could not speak , could not judge for this suspended moment whether what he saw was recollected or imagined . |
| 4 | It was held that the tailor could not sue for any money because the goods were not necessaries ; the minor was already well supplied with waistcoats . |
| 5 | The editor of that paper and the writer could not sue for this honest , if exaggerated , appraisal of their work . |
| 6 | Psychoanalytic theory reached a point where it could not account for all the observations made within the analytic setting , nor for the murdering impulses shown in mankind 's historical and cultural development . |
| 7 | Without it , psychoanalytic theory could not account for all that it had been observed human beings could do to themselves and to one another . |
| 8 | They argued that an interpretation in terms of the relative potency of crossed and uncrossed pathways could not account for this result . |
| 9 | Yet Richard , who always put each section of his life , when it was finished with , quietly behind him , and liked to be able to give a rational explanation for everything , could not account for this , his attachment to Lord Jim . |
| 10 | ‘ We could n't hope for more . |
| 11 | I mean I could n't walk for any great distance with it but I 'm going to have taxis . |
| 12 | The day begins early and hours of endless sunshine stretch ahead with miles of perfect beach just yards from the Club , the dedicated sunbather could n't wish for more . |
| 13 | You really could n't ask for much more at this price . |
| 14 | You really could n't ask for much more at this price . |
| 15 | Spencer has his characters busy washing sheets , making beds , tidying cupboards , and Christ and his apostles appear in Cookham as though attending a summer regatta- ’ ‘ Fine , ’ he says , rising from his chair , ‘ I could n't ask for more proof of realism , of everyday life … |
| 16 | Oh I could n't say for that . |
| 17 | Oh I could n't say for that . |
| 18 | Oh I could n't say for that . |
| 19 | Mrs. Browne could n't account for that , unless it had been because of the wet weather . |
| 20 | She turned to the bookcase : ‘ Those were his books , but after he had his stroke he could n't read for any length of time without tiring his eyes and I used to read to him . |