Example sentences of "[coord] it could not be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone had mentioned that the ski-jump was off to the right , but visibility was only 50 yards and it could not be seen . |
| 2 | Alain had awakened something too and it could not be dismissed . |
| 3 | As the Court of Appeal put it : ‘ Somebody was not telling the truth and it could not be said that it was not a relevant matter for the jury to be told that one man had been dishonest in the past . ’ |
| 4 | And in this case you would not agree to statement being written , say being read out , you would n't require him to be present , and it could not be introduced under section twenty four because the court would find that it was in the interests of ju justice that it does n't . |
| 5 | For a moment Louisa wondered whether this platitudinous sentiment might be turned to advantage , but it could not be done without contrivance ; and when she looked up she saw how the Rector 's face aspired to bravery . |
| 6 | Mr Sheffield said as Mr Elderfield was not complying with his medication it may well be that he had some form of epileptic fit but it could not be said with complete confidence . |
| 7 | There was a band , somewhere , but it could not be heard or seen . |
| 8 | It may have been an exhibition of the Tennant family wealth but it could not be added to their list of credits . |
| 9 | The last thing he had wished for was to hurt the old man , but it could not be helped . |
| 10 | But it could not be helped . |
| 11 | It did have ethical , social and political implications even for life in the present time , but it could not be reduced to these : rather it set the present in the light of God 's future . |
| 12 | Some might see dangers and difficulties in discussing reunification , but it could not be left off the agenda . |