Example sentences of "and [pers pn] could [not/n't] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Quite frankly , Ken and I could n't be bothered to let our place and give out all those orders . ’ |
| 2 | Erm , I probably would have done because I made lots of mistakes and I could n't be bothered to go back and check them ! |
| 3 | ‘ Nazis , ’ she said , once the door was shut and she could n't be overheard . |
| 4 | It would need only fifty feet either way , and she could not be seen . |
| 5 | And we could not be accused of complacency . |
| 6 | When they arrived at her close he took her inside , along past the stairs to where it was dark and they could n't be seen by the rest of the close . |
| 7 | Indeed , they were both part of the same system , and they could not be separated . |
| 8 | This was because with the older gliders like the T21 or T31 , the wings were very high and they could not be held securely except by keeping one wing low . |
| 9 | Someone had mentioned that the ski-jump was off to the right , but visibility was only 50 yards and it could not be seen . |
| 10 | Alain had awakened something too and it could not be dismissed . |
| 11 | As the Court of Appeal put it : ‘ Somebody was not telling the truth and it could not be said that it was not a relevant matter for the jury to be told that one man had been dishonest in the past . ’ |
| 12 | And in this case you would not agree to statement being written , say being read out , you would n't require him to be present , and it could not be introduced under section twenty four because the court would find that it was in the interests of ju justice that it does n't . |