Example sentences of "could [not/n't] be the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was not , could not be the Southfields Strangler or the Rapist of Raynes Park . |
| 2 | But surely the Richard Jobson listed could not be the Richard Jobson , singer , model , TV presenter poet etc etc ? |
| 3 | It could n't be the water table , because the site was higher than the rest of the garden . |
| 4 | ‘ I knew it could n't be the murder weapon , ’ he gravely told Wickham , ‘ because I was using it on Friday evening , hours after MacQuillan was found dead . ’ |
| 5 | Could n't be the rent man , he 'd come yesterday and been paid . |
| 6 | But it could n't be the Jockey Club , who knew that the ‘ grey gate ’ system using a 65 yard long elastic tape was flawed yet did nothing about it . |