Example sentences of "be that [pron] could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She finished by saying , ‘ And his only sorrow , for some months , has been that he could not find you , his former friend . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't know but he could of been ill , he could , it could of been that he could n't take any more you know that but Margaret was terri terribly bitter about him Margaret not coming , but he could , he could n't stand it |
| 3 | While the Germans presented their situation as a disaster , they overlooked the fact that one of Danzig s major and continual problems had been that it could not grow or thrive purely on the traffic of its immediate Prussian hinterland . |
| 4 | It may be that we could not have had the best of Connors without the worst of him . ’ |
| 5 | " Officers had instructions from their employers that no English need apply and that the best chance a man could have to get employment would be that he could not speak the English language ; then he was sure to get a situation " . |
| 6 | But when I did so , the words I uttered for the record were that I could not accept that the proper constitutional practices , as I understood them , were being observed . |
| 7 | The thing is that I could n't cancel the draft — it cost £6.50 to get it , and would have cost another £12.00 to get it annulled . |
| 8 | ‘ The truth is that I could n't believe it . |
| 9 | would would also be wise for any new settlement which you chief specify , that any new settlement you may recommend should also include some provision for expansion land , and my point I think is that you could not divide a settlement as big as five thousand , I think it would be reasonable to say a new settlement make with a an eventual capacity of say three and a half thousand , that might be appropriate around Greater York . |
| 10 | In Principia Ethica ( p. 41 ) Moore implies that what makes good a non-natural quality is that it could not exist by itself in time , as other properties could . |
| 11 | However , I think that his main reason for rejecting the possibility is that he could not imagine a process whereby it could happen . |
| 12 | The opinion is that he could not have done more , just as the South African golfers , as stressed by Bland , have done everything to eliminate apartheid from their tournament scene in order that the South African Professional Golfers ' Association is respected for placing merit before colour or creed . |
| 13 | The reason was that they could not resolve ambiguity between competing lexical interpretations on a word-by-word basis , and so had to maintain possible interpretations in a representation that was separate from the lexicon . |
| 14 | The problem of the poorest was that they could not afford such rents as would bring an adequate return for builders and property-owners , unless they were crammed at very high density in properly which received minimal repair . |
| 15 | Perhaps what he really meant was that they could n't afford not to go to Nunes . |
| 16 | Certainly not , and I think that that 's one of the things that causes people to be to switch off when you mention computers and think ‘ oh , I ca n't understand that ’ because their experience at school perhaps was that they could n't understand mathematics anyway . |
| 17 | Several other students were concerned about their inability to understand what was being taught in the lectures ; a commonly expressed view was that they could n't take notes and follow what was being said at the same time . |
| 18 | Abbey National considered using IV , but decided to move to compact discs : ‘ The problem was that we could n't find an IV system that did everything we wanted , ’ explains Julian Wakeley , manager for distance learning at Abbey National , ‘ also , we did n't need full motion video . ’ |
| 19 | And the worst part was that she could n't talk to Elinor about it . |
| 20 | But she was n't sure what it was that she could n't do . |
| 21 | The tragedy of her life was that she could n't accept that she 'd never be you . ’ |
| 22 | Perhaps one of the reasons she had gone from one man to another was that she could not bear to lose the excitement and flattery of the early stages of love . |
| 23 | The trouble was that she could not seem to bring herself to do anything about it . |
| 24 | And if one thing was certain , it was that she could not get him from here alone . |
| 25 | Léonie 's problem was that she could not count . |
| 26 | The only thing that stopped him was that he could n't decide exactly what the problem was . |
| 27 | When we first started with him , even when we were rehearsing properly with him , all we could think of was that he could n't sing . |
| 28 | The night was still young , so whoever the female was who worked peculiar hours , or whatever the reason was that he could n't have seen her earlier — and by then Fabia was certain that ‘ someone he had to see ’ would be female — then she hoped he had a truly lovely time ! |
| 29 | The trouble was that he could n't begin to see how much she had changed . |
| 30 | The truth was that he could not bear to be so close to Chris and yet feel so distant . |