Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [det] [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Tony was seen in hospital by the therapist on the following morning he denied having wanted to kill himself , but claimed he was fed up and could not see any way out of his present difficulties . |
| 2 | He could not take more time off . |
| 3 | It is all very well for companies like Rentokil , or Guinness , which said it could not act this time round but was considering similar action at a later date , to compensate their shareholders . |
| 4 | and querying all the change , getting dirty looks , and I could not get that point out of the brain . |
| 5 | She sat immobile for a long time , staring into the embers of the dying fire , her thoughts so chaotic that she could hardly make any order out of them . |
| 6 | I could always get another horn out of hock and Esmonde stayed open to I .0 a.m . |
| 7 | Either way , he could n't make that dame out . |
| 8 | I could n't make any sense out of it at all . |
| 9 | He could n't get that earthquake out of his blood . |
| 10 | But you could n't get that tax back , whatever your circumstances were . |
| 11 | ‘ John Millington pounced on that but he could n't get another word out of the wretched Jason . |
| 12 | Perdita could n't get any sense out of the gaudy retinue round Dancer 's pool . |
| 13 | He wanted to yell for joy but when he tried he could n't get any sound out . |