Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] could [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she did not believe it could become a reality unless much more money was forthcoming . |
| 2 | A spokesperson for Mogul said , ‘ I would not say it could form a cyanide mixture — I would n't say the material was poisonous , although it is not something I would want to drink myself ’ . |
| 3 | I do n't think we could imagine a society without them now . |
| 4 | I 'm not putting it around the table , because it 's a very long letter , and I do n't think we could have a worthwhile discussion on it right now . |
| 5 | ‘ Did n't think she could do a thing like that ? |
| 6 | I do n't think i I do n't think I could wear a dress like that ! |
| 7 | It 's just that I 've I mean I want a curtain there as well because otherwise it all looks a bit heavy but I do n't think I could put a blind down there because of the way |
| 8 | I really do n't think I could support a bid for a supplementary allocation . |
| 9 | It was but er the market was so low that he decided not to well I do n't think he could get a buyer actually , it 's just stood there so he he he let it out rather than have it stood there with the option for us to buy it but I say now the prices are lower he 's not keen on selling it at that price . |
| 10 | They did n't think , did n't think he could wait a week , |
| 11 | We know , then , that he can play a little — after all , nobody has won as many tour events in a year since Bob Tway in 1986 — but we did n't know he could make an audience laugh , or that he had such an offbeat approach to the game . |
| 12 | I do n't expect he could use a slide rule either , and you and I might think that using a slide rule would be one of the marks of an educated man , but I think things move on . |
| 13 | ‘ But we were all in our twenties , taking it very seriously , and we did n't feel we could take a chance with someone still at school . |
| 14 | I had to because , apart from anything else , I did n't feel I could share a bed with her any longer . |
| 15 | She did n't feel she could make a contribution , but she wanted to , so ‘ I just went in and made myself useful . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But I do n't believe he done it , I do n't believe he could do a thing like that and her with a babby inside of her . ’ |
| 17 | Erm but if you ca n't sleep you could put a little bit on a hankie on your pillow or rub a little bit on your chest , and it 'll help to erm make you sleep . |
| 18 | so then they 'd be about three pound or four pound in pocket and that 's how they , that 's how we used to help one another but once they get one rope ashore they could do it , the job see but of course there 's no boatmen today now , they call theirself boatmen but there ai n't one of the buggers going in a boat , I do n't suppose they could row a boat now . |