Example sentences of "they could [adv] [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The others — none of them could even ride a donkey , only Nutty … but now they sit there , knees in , heels down , on the bit — ’ |
| 2 | I 'm sure they 're the nicest guys in the world , but I was at the MTV awards in America when they were trying to do a soundcheck , and they could n't do a song because their tapes were n't working . |
| 3 | ‘ Playing cricket as well always caused a bit of a problem come April , unless you were n't in the team in which case they could n't give a stuff . |
| 4 | The ‘ flavour ’ of the piece in Guitarist was one of balanced vetting by the various A&R departments , when in fact they could n't give a damn . |
| 5 | ‘ They could n't give a damn . ’ |
| 6 | Of course they were , thought Henry , they could n't give a toss about the poor bastard . |
| 7 | Anyway , they could n't light a fire and there was no meat . |
| 8 | This cost them the lead , and though they recovered well they could n't stop a second Risley boat , crewed by husband and wife team and , slipping through to take the chequered flag after five circuits . |
| 9 | He contacted the South Africans who had been told they could n't meet a council delegation independently and invited them to a meeting in Darlington town hall . |
| 10 | See the first week I went to these schools they could n't speak a word of Punjabi . |
| 11 | And then they could n't sing a ballad in the key that they recorded it because of some studio trick ! |
| 12 | They were singers and they could n't sing a note in tune . |
| 13 | They could n't remember a time when they had been without it . |
| 14 | The tenants , on the other hand , had long since realised that if they could n't boil a kettle or breathe and do all the things normal families do without causing condensation dampness , then there must be something wrong with the houses , not with the people who live in them . |
| 15 | Now are aware that are losing the agency stuff therefore services should improve generally but this is mostly and the business travel , you know duty travel , cruise positioning that sort of thing , to the extent that erm and two of the ops people paid a visit to last week for a liaison meeting and one thing that I thought was absolutely remarkable that came out was in respect of complaining that they could never get through to anybody in erm in , they could n't get a reply from the extensions and they could n't send messages or anything . |
| 16 | So you ca n't have a full mortgage but they could n't get a mortgage on it because it had a flat roof . |
| 17 | Probably they could n't get a baby sitter . |
| 18 | And er then Mr said it was safe for his wife to return and children , that they , trouble was they could n't get a seat for me on the plane . |
| 19 | Famlio or whoever could fling out all the comm-calls they wanted , along the Netlines , but they could n't get a fix on our position until or unless we responded . |
| 20 | ‘ They could n't find a motive in Doug 's case , but they tested some of his clothing just the same . ’ |
| 21 | But , but , erm , I understand from quite often got erm individual member quir enquiries to Saffron Waldren cos they could n't find a group erm , there 's a . |
| 22 | People er I mean th they could n't help a lot because they 'd got nothing themselves a lot of them but there was a lot of help done without any fuss or bother , I mean er er a bloke 'd say er , have you got a fag ? |
| 23 | They could n't organise a strike , let alone a revolution . |
| 24 | They could n't put a cloth over it , you know , like I had that night when the Corporal rushed , parang drawn , into my room at the O. T. X-Ray . |
| 25 | Oh yes and and then it got too big for them they are no longer able to control it they 're not big enough for a big power two very big big brothers but they could n't run a company the size they built it . |
| 26 | They followed the white arrows painted on the road between the parked cars and at first they could n't see a space anywhere . |
| 27 | But they could n't see a boy in a red shirt . |
| 28 | They could n't have a season without him , but quite definitely they could n't have one without Busacher either . |
| 29 | Does Article 37 mean that they could not make a claim to terminate the right on this ground ? |
| 30 | In reply the Namibian authorities stated they could not grant a licence as the islands were South African territory , thus indirectly providing the information required ! |