Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] could not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her latest ally , Soviet Russia , was reeling under Hitler 's onslaught and it was widely expected she could not last out the year . |
| 2 | Pete was in her form at school and whenever she looked at him little quivers she could not identify started deep inside her . |
| 3 | Then Wim went off and tagged IBM and when IBM and HP agreed to support a common position Sun eventually found it could n't resist , especially with Novell nudging it on . |
| 4 | He was sensible enough to know he could n't get away with flip , funny conversation , trying to compete with the young . |
| 5 | Admittedly they suffer great pressures on time and space , but the case of my client who had ‘ rescued ’ three large dogs , only to discover he could n't afford to have any of them vaccinated , is surely not an isolated one . |
| 6 | Which basically found it could n't make a railway service run and dropped it . |
| 7 | ‘ I never saw one thing she wanted that did not sell , ’ but nonetheless insisted that this undisciplined approach was unacceptable for a customer trying to furnish a house , who might have kept a sample for six weeks only to find she could not reorder the same fabric . |
| 8 | So , he gave himself a red light on the beautiful Miss Marlowe , only to find he could n't make himself obey it . |
| 9 | But they obviously felt they could n't make too much of an example of him because a lot of people , mainly on Sky TV , had already judged the issue . |
| 10 | It was 100°F outside the bus and 140°F inside , and the bus was so jammed I could n't move . |
| 11 | I called merely to say I could n't meet up with you tomorrow . |
| 12 | Connelly hoped they could n't hear the desperation in his voice . |
| 13 | Taplow 's lips continued to move though his throat was so scorched he could not make a sound . |
| 14 | And in the news business it is generally reckoned it could n't have gone to a nicer bloke . |
| 15 | Er you 'd just feel I could n't believe that , thought fucking hell . |
| 16 | Over the years , Anne had put up with an awful lot from me and she had now finally decided she could n't take it any more . |
| 17 | His friends already know there could n't have been two closer pals than Julie and Elizabeth . |
| 18 | Cos I noticed when we were there and it just collapsed he could n't walk a lot . |
| 19 | When I finally decided I could n't dawdle over my coffee any longer , a decision arrived at long before by the hard-eyed blonde in charge of the cash register , I climbed back in the heap and headed home . |
| 20 | I became very tired and soon felt I could not swim any more . |
| 21 | Even after what I just learned I could n't believe you 've been lying to me since we met — that I was coming back to ask you — ’ |
| 22 | As an air-raid had just begun they could not leave and had to remain in an ambience where , as they now acutely realised , they were not wanted and did not belong . |
| 23 | He just hoped they could n't see it from the stalls . |
| 24 | I just said I could n't go myself ! |
| 25 | I just said I could n't wait to hear it . |
| 26 | Eventually , those waging their campaign against her found they were losing , and furthermore , they quickly realized they could n't afford not to be seen as a Katherine Lundy party . |
| 27 | ‘ We always figured we could n't afford ads , but we could make a lot of noise ’ , says Miles . |
| 28 | It was — almost — Lehar 's most operatic piece and Gesner had always found he could n't fuff his way through it . |
| 29 | She always said she could n't have gone to Brownies at all if she had n't been able to cycle , for the distance was too far for her to walk , and there was no bus . |
| 30 | But even in her anger she also knew she could not add anything more to the heavy burden of worry and doubt she had seen her father was already carrying . |