Example sentences of "they could [adv] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd be left sitting in a pool of piss until they could n't stand the smell . |
| 2 | I was not allowed to play when Mum and Dad were in because they could n't stand the din , so I had to wait until they were down the pub to enjoy myself . |
| 3 | Now er that really started to look into the , the , the nur the , the er profession and also to sort of see if they could n't improve the lot of nurses . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They could n't do the splits . |
| 6 | Mrs Patient of Bracknell , Berks , said : ‘ I could n't believe that it took four of them to stand there and say they could n't do the work until after the New Year . |
| 7 | But then they could n't bear the clothes to go in together . |
| 8 | Because they could n't bear the thought of talking to all those oiks and retards , that 's why . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ They could n't give a damn . ’ |
| 12 | Of course they were , thought Henry , they could n't give a toss about the poor bastard . |
| 13 | Everyone coughed most of the time , they could n't tell the difference between coughing and breathing after a while , but his was a real lung curdler when it got going . |
| 14 | Rumour has it this Achtung Baby thang actually lasts for an hour — the assembly is being treated to a full 36 minutes of footage. this either means that a lot of it is rubbish or it 's so blinking brilliant They could n't show the lot lest our brains exploded with pleasure . |
| 15 | Anyway , they could n't light a fire and there was no meat . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ( They could n't answer the questions — Ed ) |
| 19 | They could n't ignore the fact that they were to part , and neither of them made any attempt to avoid it in conversation . |
| 20 | Then of course the there were area combat missions , area missions but these had nothing to do er with the work training I think that and I did and in developing of our crews so that we were able to survive and of course er our mission that we thought that would probably be the same as was on the fourteenth when we went to Schweinfurt and we made it back and not only that but we got back to England , we 'd manage on about the third pass to get in to this one field and there was another plane trying to get in and they went up and bailed out and after we were eating our supper here they brought the men in the fields er where they , on the bombers ' field where they had landed the never got in so they went up and set the plane on automatic pilot and bailed out because they could n't land the plane but we managed to take them out and I think there was the extra good flying training and I did together that made us able to survive the savage attacks that we had , he had it on the Munster mission , I had it on the Schweinfurt mission . |
| 21 | Started to make some biscuits and then read the recipe afterwards and she had to put it in the fridge for twenty four hours in the , the pastry in the fridge so they could n't make the biscuits , there I 'm sitting here expecting erm , a biscuit and nothing came , dear , it was n't one of those recipes that you could make it straight away was it ? |
| 22 | Early in August , after sending the department a recorded delivery letter every month from January , I was finally informed that my husband would be granted his claim — but they could n't make the payment yet because they had lost his file . |
| 23 | See the first week I went to these schools they could n't speak a word of Punjabi . |
| 24 | And then they could n't sing a ballad in the key that they recorded it because of some studio trick ! |
| 25 | They were singers and they could n't sing a note in tune . |
| 26 | But when she had asked if they could n't warm the place up a bit with some pretty colors , Dr. Briant had said sharply that they had to avoid confusing their color appreciation tests later , and she 'd have all the color she wanted then . |
| 27 | They could n't detect the smell of cocaine through the more pungent odour of coffee . |
| 28 | They could n't remember a time when they had been without it . |
| 29 | ‘ We listened to the song and drew our own conclusions , but it did n't matter what it meant , ’ Nicholson recalled , ‘ because everyone was so stoned they could n't remember the words . |
| 30 | The hire desk made a phonecall on the first credit card that he offered , and then told him that he 'd exceeded his limit and they could n't take the charge . |