Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [verb] [pron] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , being old and poor-sighted , they could not distinguish you from Lady Eleanor . |
| 2 | Then came the tears — Gascoigne simply could not stop himself from crying . |
| 3 | Larry Cummins unfortunately , could not make it to England for the reunion . |
| 4 | Their host , the Rev Kenneth MacAulay , great-uncle of Thomas Babington of that name , had sent a letter explaining that he could not meet them in Nairn : his priestly duties detained him in Cawdor — to which Boswell adds a footnote . |
| 5 | Unlike homo sapiens , the species his long-dead master Sartori had been wont to call the blossom on the simian tree , Chant 's kind could not hide themselves from oblivion 's agents by closing a door and drawing the blinds . |
| 6 | Christ could not blame him for drinking . |
| 7 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 8 | When George saw that Curley was attacking Lennie , George allowed Lennie to fight back because he knew that he could not do everything for Lennie . |
| 9 | He could not associate her with panic . |
| 10 | Then he adds with sudden confidence , ‘ It was known to men that the demon-enemy could not draw them under shadow ( under sceadu bregdan ) , as long as God did not wish it . ’ |
| 11 | He was not to know that because she never spoke about her feelings , she could not express them on demand . |
| 12 | It could produce scarring and for that reason we could not use it on babies ' delicate skin . ’ |
| 13 | He could not take her to bed in his double , conjugal room , but , no doubt Amaranth had a single somewhere . |
| 14 | She could not take him to Nan-Nan who would soon be , if she were n't already , fussing , supervising the nurserymaids , the care of the baby … . |
| 15 | He disapproved of the casual obscenity of barrack-room conversation , but as he groped for words to express his triumphant passion , he found to his surprise that he could not say them to Bridget They would sound to her like a string of incoherent obscenities : — the Army and — second stag on East Wing Guard and — Sergeant Towser who cancelled his last leave pass and — the troop train back to Catterick on Sunday night and — the cold walk from the station to the camp and — the platform where he kissed Bridget good-bye at the end of leave and — the street corner where he had to run for his bus and — the Teddy-boy who had attacked her and — all the people and all the regulations and all the time-tables and all the clocks that had tried for so long to stop them from having this . |
| 16 | She could not say it in front of him , nor he in front of her , even though it is probable that he too would prefer to try living the next life differently , without Agnes . |
| 17 | IG Metall 's members could not forgive him for gambling in a casino for capitalists . |
| 18 | The name had been dropped into Karen 's consciousness only days before , at Jessica 's home near Belfast , and she could not rid herself of curiosity . |
| 19 | In a similar situation some years ago Rwanda had to abandon a plan to move the last 146 elephants in the country 40 km through a densely populated area because they could not find anyone in Africa who could run the drive . |
| 20 | She saw them coming , yet knew she could not intercept them in time . |
| 21 | Searle did not have title and therefore could not transfer it to Harper . |
| 22 | For his chastity he was a particular favourite of the goddess Diana , who , however , could not save him from death and the everlasting dark . |
| 23 | He said he might sell it in Southampton if he could not get it on board . |
| 24 | staying open , I ai n't going , I ca n't handle it I said I just wan na get out , it was really like a sentence I just could n't stand it of course I laughed , me and Elaine went to the meeting same place , same wall and I kept looking at her and we brought you in here to say thanks , and Elaine looked at me and I looked at her and I said well if that 's all he 's got ta say I said I 'm not , I , what did I say to Elaine ? |
| 25 | He could n't disgrace himself in front of this woman . |
| 26 | He could n't confess it to Florrie ; he could never talk about it to anyone except Josh , who had been there with him — and he was not on very good terms with his brother , these days . |
| 27 | I Could n't decide which to card to go , oh yeah that 's it . |
| 28 | I was just old enough to become crazy about cowboy films , but even handsome Buck Jones could n't make me like Auntie Julie any better . |
| 29 | My suggestion is that the evolution of subcutaneous fat in neonates and post-natal depression is an example of co-evolution and what has happened is mothers are programmed to be depressed for the first few days after birth because in primal conditions when remember this is where evolution set the parameters of human behaviour , in primal conditions it would probably pay a mother to test her new-born offspring to see if it could survive , because if it was defective or if it was sickly , or if there was some reason why that baby could n't make it to adulthood and its own reproductive life , that mother should not invest in it , because that 's her reproductive success . |
| 30 | The next day she said , ‘ I could n't give one to daddy because there were n't enough . |