Example sentences of "could not [vb infin] [Wh det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The legislation reflected a judgement that local authorities could not deliver what the national interest required . |
| 2 | Because I was less a true coward , a calculating coward , than someone so innocent , or so Greek , that he could not see what the war had to do with him . |
| 3 | Sad that the industry of our age could not keep what the ingenuity of the former found out . |
| 4 | He could not reveal what the buyers was planning for the building , however , any investment in the site is certain to bring jobs with it . |
| 5 | When an increasing number of psychologists could not find what the theory required them to find , the theory was modified . |
| 6 | He found himself saying , ‘ In 1919 the Enabling Act was passed ’ and then could not remember what the Enabling Act was ; although it was and still in part is the Act which defines the nature of the establishment in England . |
| 7 | She could n't tell what the words were , but she was grateful that he was being detained . |
| 8 | He could n't understand what the lecturer was talking about because he knew nothing about accounts . |
| 9 | Camille could n't see what the dimensions of the leaf had to do with anything and asked whether mustard and cress were therefore worthless and was there any value in endive , all frayed and ragged as it was . |
| 10 | He could n't see what the men were doing most of the time , because they were either inside or hidden by buildings . |
| 11 | She was n't doing anything interesting at all so I could n't see what the fascination was . |
| 12 | I still could n't see what the problem was but the whole hallway area had gone suspiciously quiet . |
| 13 | I could n't imagine what the others were used for . |
| 14 | Gooseneck could n't remember what the marital row was about . |
| 15 | You just could n't believe what the man has done . |