Example sentences of "it could n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , it could n't last . ’ |
| 2 | You knew it could n't last . |
| 3 | It could n't last , though . |
| 4 | We enjoyed a monopoly in this trade , but unfortunately for those successful in the boom , it could n't last forever . |
| 5 | It could n't last , of course . ’ |
| 6 | Which basically found it could n't make a railway service run and dropped it . |
| 7 | It could n't end like this could it ? |
| 8 | They loved each other and it could n't end , but … |
| 9 | We looked in the area of the fault and indeed , there was one needle that had a latch so stiff that it could n't open freely and also got stuck when you pushed it right back . |
| 10 | In many places it could n't open up again before June , late May at the earliest . ’ |
| 11 | This , however , is a story by Enid Blyton so it could n't contain any symbolism , could it ? |
| 12 | Many women realized that our trade union did n't have the support of the management and believed it could n't resolve any of our problems . |
| 13 | Last week the Northern Ireland Court Service said it could n't comment Lord Justice Murray 's retirement . |
| 14 | Now So anyway the strike er never reached a successful conclusion , this firm had it 's blacklegs and er eventually closed because it could n't carry on . |
| 15 | It could n't blow up . |
| 16 | You 'd have thought it could n't go wrong , would n't you ? |
| 17 | It could n't go on . |
| 18 | It could n't go forward , but reversed slowly down the lane , turned around in a field gateway and headed back to the main road . |
| 19 | But there is n't any reason why I suppose if you were looking at the the local authority grant it could n't go into that for advertising . |
| 20 | Now , as they sat across from each other at the shady table with the heady scent of jasmine sweetening the hot air , Ruth know that it could n't go on like this much longer . |
| 21 | It could n't said Gwendoline pretending to examine it very closely , those strings have been cut Mary Lou someone 's been playing a trick on you , what a shame . |
| 22 | But it could n't cope with John 's test drive . |
| 23 | According to Pat Hutchinson of Luton Consumer Services , Turbosoft was very successful at first but as the firm grew it could n't cope with the volume of orders received — Trading Standards have had over 400 complaints to date , and they 're still coming in ! |
| 24 | ‘ It could n't fail , ’ said Uncle Titch . |
| 25 | it might not help , but at least it could n't hurt . |
| 26 | Whatever she chose , it could n't compete with the couturier clothes worn by the Baronne or Antoinette , she thought with a grimace . |
| 27 | Without it , the company says it could n't compete with businesses overseas . |
| 28 | I guess he figured the malais would be less alert in the torpor of the mid-afternoon , while darkness was still not so far away that it could n't cloak his escape . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ I grabbed the knife and bent it double so it could n't do any more damage . ’ |
| 30 | When Dr Maxwell came along a little later , I asked him about it , and although he pooh-poohed it a bit and said it was all a lot of nonsense , I did get him to admit it could n't do me any actual harm to go to the classes and do exercises . |