Example sentences of "[adv] could [adv] go " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notwithstanding these problems , there was reason to believe in late 1952 that the push towards integration had passed a critical threshold , and so could only go forward at a much faster pace . |
| 2 | Then , at a certain moment , I just could not go on with that any longer . |
| 3 | ‘ The set-up was not quite right and I just could not go quicker on my second flying run whatever I did . |
| 4 | But one evening I found I just could n't go at all . |
| 5 | I just could n't go on with that last letter . |
| 6 | Partridge had got all angry and upset soon too because as he was struggling with Steven a magazine fell out of his trousers on to the towpath of the canal and the other men had picked it up and it had been a spanking magazine so all the other men who were n't laughing and shouting already started teasing partridge ; Partridge started trying to wrestle Steven to the ground but Steven had got free and clouted the other man with the shovel , which was still bloody from hacking the cat to bits , and after that , with the magazine coming apart as the other men grabbed at it and Partridge rolling about dazed on the towpath in the cat 's blood and almost falling into the canal , Dan Ashton had said soberly that enough was enough and they 'd better go and see Mr Smith the supervisor because they just could n't go on like this . |
| 7 | I just could n't go into it and I said you know it 'll only , I mean the fact is she 's , was buying Ellie and Jane Ellie and Linda . |
| 8 | I just could n't go and get off with someone just for a joke , I could n't do it . |
| 9 | It does n't matter if she got a fag out or not but it still could easily go onto the carpet |
| 10 | Second , Syracuse operated an incentive system whereby crews which finished early could not go home until all the crews had finished ; consequently , those which finished early had an incentive to help the others . |
| 11 | The latter do not necessarily imply that the infinitive event actually occurs : ( 173 ) Miriam now ordered Pengally to break down the gate , but he said he really could n't go that far . |
| 12 | The sense expressed would therefore be diagrammable as : This is not the case with have , which always carries the implication that this event is actualized : ( 174 ) * Miriam now had Pengally break down the gate , but he said he really could n't go that far . |
| 13 | This does not distinguish have from get , however , as the latter also implies effectual causation : ( 175 ) * Miriam now got Pengally to break down the gate , but he said he really could n't go that far , |
| 14 | He simply could not go around labelling people , and moving them about as if they were chess pieces , just to suit his own ends . |
| 15 | He simply could not go to school . |
| 16 | Erm we are saying that we certainly could n't go that far , maybe two hundred thousand but we would want to put it back so you will have an equal there in terms of spending . |