Example sentences of "could n't [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could n't stay at the house … ’ |
| 2 | However , she knew that she could n't stand at the window indefinitely , so she left it to complete the task she had on hand . |
| 3 | I was so disappointed that I could n't speak at the final whistle . ’ |
| 4 | oh if it , if it was if it w if it was that one I think , I think there was some dis if , if it 's the thing I 'm thinking of there was some discrepancy , I think it was alright in the s on one occasion there was some stuff which I could n't find at the end |
| 5 | She had a feeling it was in that carpet-bag , but could n't get at the bag . |
| 6 | Lowe could n't know at the time how much both his private life and his work were about to go right . |
| 7 | When his coolie picked up the shafts and broke into his loping stride , Joseph found he could n't look at the narrow , sweat-streaked shoulders bobbing in front of him without seeing the bleeding welts caused by the French colon 's cane . |
| 8 | Jimmy Smith polled ten per cent … surprisingly he was beaten by Steve Coppell … but the top two were way ahead … second big Billy Hamilton the ex United striker … and top by a long way the man who could n't live at the Manor with the Maxwells … |