Example sentences of "[pers pn] could not [vb infin] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only concession I could not get was leave to see him alone , but it 's plain I should have got nowhere with him even so . |
| 2 | All she could not share was Mrs Browning 's other intense fever , her other passion . |
| 3 | We remember the great names like Lyell or Darwin , and forget the supporting cast without which they could not have been stars : those in museums classifying their findings . |
| 4 | But it could n't have been Rebel . |
| 5 | It could n't have been Gloria , for Gloria knew that Dot always slept in her vest and knickers . |
| 6 | Nenna knew that , but she was sure it could n't have been Edward 's fault , and at the moment she could n't be bothered with it . |
| 7 | It could n't have been David because David knew she would be out at work , and knew that Ralph was staying with her . |
| 8 | The one thing he could n't do was sell or get rid of them . |
| 9 | Not only is there no suggestion in the biographical sources or in documents that Fahreddin Acemi ever held a kadilik , but there is also positive evidence that for long periods in his Muftilik he could not have been kadi of Edirne , at least , since someone else was . |