Example sentences of "could n't really [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somebody crossed in from the right , Lukic blocked a shot from Sheron , but the ball fell at the feet of Flitcroft who could n't really miss . |
| 2 | made it down the right hand side , he 's wearing number eleven but he came down the right hand side on this occasion and er a deep cross , he pulled it back brilliantly and who 'd missed that earlier header was there and could n't really miss on this occasion , but it was a fine header by him . |
| 3 | They could n't really disapprove of him , though they longed to , because he 's studying for the ministry . ’ |
| 4 | We could n't really fail at home , not with this support . ’ |
| 5 | You could n't really manage it on a subaltern 's pay . |
| 6 | He began by saying that with the UK vehicle division 's track record over recent years , he could n't really expect to receive any support to the plan he was about to describe . |
| 7 | ‘ They have n't been involved for quite a while so you could n't really expect them to be picked , ’ said Thorstvedt , who is likely to be Norway 's last line of defence on October 14 . |
| 8 | ‘ At the end we were at her bedside and she could n't really speak — she was slipping in and out of coma — but she was able to squeeze my hand . |
| 9 | ‘ There were tears in his eyes and he could n't really speak . |
| 10 | Er yes I , I er I think I , I could n't really speak definitely on this but er you I have said that we , you know that this secretary encouraged them because you know , to keep it in and even the one woman said this was how she got a deposit for her house and through , as I say , you 'd got a Co-op building society as well . |
| 11 | Fringe , flat out at racing pace , had a wildness about him I could n't really control and I guessed it was that quality which won him races . |
| 12 | In the twilight and without my glasses , I could n't really tell . |
| 13 | I could n't really tell what it was till she told me , but when she did I could see it . |
| 14 | Could n't really tell you what it was now , but I made four locks for Lord 's cricket ground . |
| 15 | I could n't really tell you much on the phone , and anyway we can talk now . |
| 16 | ‘ I could n't really tell , ’ confessed the steersman . |
| 17 | A : They are complementary in the sense that you could n't really do an inspection without some documentation . |
| 18 | In fact they could n't really do their job without the motorcycles . |
| 19 | But you could n't really do very much . |
| 20 | I could n't really blame him , as most horses are suspicious of water at first , especially when they ca n't tell how deep it is . |
| 21 | To be honest , she could n't really blame him if he did feel that way , though none of her own actions had been deliberate . |
| 22 | In the past I used to have a , a class on psycho- history , and I dropped it , and one of the reasons why I dropped it was , the lit a lot of the literary was very poor quality , for a start , and erm , people , er , students , er got that too , and I could n't really blame them . |
| 23 | Well , she could n't really blame this one on Adam Burns . |
| 24 | If he had changed his mind , she could n't really blame him . |
| 25 | Second , you could n't really choose your destination . |
| 26 | I remember sitting in a hotel in Lymm thinking that I could n't really spare the time for the Managing Quality course but I 'd run out of excuses ! |
| 27 | He would have liked to talk to her more about her husband , but he could n't really bring himself , not yet , to ask any more questions . |
| 28 | Could n't really pull the leading question out the hat until you heard the answers . |
| 29 | Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . |
| 30 | He could n't really complain too much ; not after the time that he 'd run his patrol car into a ditch only three weeks into his new appointment , and the Middlemass girl ( 14 ) had turned up with a chain and towed him out . |