Example sentences of "[pron] could not [vb infin] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told the hon. Gentleman that I could not give him the information for which he asked until October , when the 1991 population figures would become available . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 3 | She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way . |
| 4 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 5 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 6 | And I 'm glad enough to have you back , since you could not give me the grandson I hoped for — ’ |
| 7 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 8 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
| 9 | Because I was less a true coward , a calculating coward , than someone so innocent , or so Greek , that he could not see what the war had to do with him . |
| 10 | He could not deny her the comfort of this lie any more than he could deny her a piece of bread if she were starving . |
| 11 | He could not reveal what the buyers was planning for the building , however , any investment in the site is certain to bring jobs with it . |