Example sentences of "could not [vb infin] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | I knew that in 1945 they could not make do on their rations . |
2 | At each stop they would take one side of the street each and he could not help notice the disappointment on people 's faces if they got him rather than her . |
3 | Lisa 's mind , for some reason , like a dog with a bone , could not let go of the subject of Nina . |
4 | Unmarried women had even less control , and could not own land at all . |
5 | He knew he could not dare go out of the main door . |