Example sentences of "surely could not be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , we had clearly failed on a hard pitch , but that bulging wall above , rising blank and massive into the sky , surely could n't be climbed at the grade given in the guide ? |
| 2 | After all , it surely could n't be that much . |
| 3 | Life surely could n't be quite so cruel . |
| 4 | But , to her way of thinking , and bearing in mind Lubor 's loyalty to his employer , it surely could n't be considered disloyal to give her a hint of when he would be back from Prague . |
| 5 | The drifts surely could not be more than chest-deep on the massive shire , she thought , and with a bit of luck she would get through . |
| 6 | It surely could not be that McNab was confounded , utterly at a loss , for surely almost anyone could string a few medical terms together ( enough to convince the survivors of Krishnapur if not the Royal College of Physicians ) and save face . |