Example sentences of "he could not be [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't that he was n't playing well , it just seemed like he could n't be arsed chasing back and helping Kelly out , I do n't know if he was knackered though . |
| 2 | Well , he could n't be expected to shed any tears . |
| 3 | He could n't be expected to manage much more than an hour on his feet , after which he 'd be living up to his name , although not — Diane hoped — to his reputation . |
| 4 | She prevaricated , wanting the story verified or denied before sharing it with him , but he could n't be expected to know that . |
| 5 | He was just as straight about what he did n't want , what he would n't do and what he could n't be bothered to do . |
| 6 | But suddenly , he could n't be bothered to argue any further , and went back to watching the boxing , storing the argument away carefully in his mind to bring up against her another time . |
| 7 | Yes , tomorrow , he could n't be bothered going right now . |
| 8 | Yeah , he could n't be bothered to play rugby at the beginning , I mean nobody missed about four weeks . |
| 9 | But although he could not be said to have reached any hard-and-fast conclusions to this question , so fearful were the prospects of this supposed evolutionary degeneration that Karl Pearson took refuge ( and a certain amount of comfort ) in the fact that its results were far away : ‘ Happily , what the distant future of the world may be is a matter that does not much concern us , and about which we may rejoice to know nothing . ’ |
| 10 | Thus , because the taxpayer could not be said to control the trustees , he could not be said to have control over the application of the income within s742(e) . |
| 11 | The irritating thing is , he could not be bothered to put the sandwich down during the whole scene , and when she surfaced , she found his lip dripping with tomato seeds . |
| 12 | Besides , he could not be bothered to re-write it . |
| 13 | Sharpe was holding his own sword low beside his stirrup , almost as if he could not be bothered to fight . |
| 14 | He could not be bothered to read anything longer than a single sheet of paper , and even that with great difficulty , and got so bored when any detail was explained to him that he often fell asleep . |
| 15 | He could not be bothered to check his pockets , what ( his wild night , all this booze , the booze he had drank ) he had left of his money . |
| 16 | Thus his freedom to father children was subject to the law , even though he could not be allowed to know that he was under restriction . |
| 17 | He could not be expected to do so against his own beliefs . |
| 18 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person shall not be compelled by virtue of an order under section 2 above to give any evidence which he could not be compelled to give — ( a ) in civil proceedings in the part of the United Kingdom in which the court that made the order exercises jurisdiction ; or ( b ) … ( 3 ) Without prejudice to subsection ( 1 ) above , a person shall not be compelled by virtue of an order under section 2 above to give any evidence if his doing so would be prejudicial to the security of the United Kingdom ; and a certificate signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of State to the effect that it would be so prejudicial for that person to do so shall be conclusive evidence of that fact . |
| 19 | He waited at the house until the bride and groom arrived but he could not be persuaded to enter the house . |