Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] we could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | France and Spain , okay , if you only got one of those countries right we could n't give you the point , it has to be both , question eighteen , in which book would you find the character Long John Silver ? |
| 2 | He fled away into the brightness where we could not follow . ’ |
| 3 | During the winter when we could n't sit outside and Bill had fewer tasks to fulfil in the garden , we would sit by the fire and indulge ourselves in what Bill called ‘ Kopek nostalgia sessions ’ . |
| 4 | Two years ago we could n't have made this . |
| 5 | When we approached she took to the steep places where we could not follow , and so we left her . ’ |
| 6 | A lot of that was also due to the fact that we just did n't get into it , because of all the stuff got stolen after we 'd started and there was a big break of about five or six weeks when we could n't do anything . |
| 7 | Some of the holes even we could n't reach in two on the par-4s , they were playing so hard and long . |
| 8 | They got us off and the bus disappeared , but there was still a reason why we could not board — they never let on what it was — — and we stood on the tarmac for a long time before being herded to the back entrance . |
| 9 | The wind was only slightly stronger and the reservoir a little choppier , but most of the others were out already and managing fine , so I saw no reason why we could n't do the same . |
| 10 | a reason why we could n't have is there ? |
| 11 | The house was identified and purchased , and I do n't see any reason why we could n't have a stay of two or three days or a week to get time to move things properly . ’ |
| 12 | So the next time we meet , providing your happy and you understand all my recommendations , is there any reason why we could n't proceed ? |
| 13 | We are working towards the implementation of the new Community Care White Paper , work which was totally absent from the Labour Party budget , and that was one of the reasons why we could n't accept the Labour Party budget . |
| 14 | We 've got one any way so we could n't have it , but they 're , they 're gon na have it put down . |
| 15 | Having done a railway trip together to the West Somerset Railway to celebrate our Silver Wedding anniversary , at a time when we could n't have a party , my wife and I recently held a belated one at the Gwili Railway , ably assisted by family , friends and some members of the BCRS committee . |