Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] could not be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was there within an hour , so I could n't be more grateful and appreciative . |
| 2 | and er they were queuing up there so I could n't be bothered standing in the queue , so I did n't . |
| 3 | And so I could not be certain whether the sight of his old home depressed him more than it inspired him . |
| 4 | So you could n't be bit for that . |
| 5 | Perhaps they could not be trusted ; they might run away . |
| 6 | Perhaps they could not be good wives and good mothers because they could not give what they had never had . |
| 7 | Obviously they could n't be ridden on a mountain , but magazine articles and newspaper features began treating them as a status symbol , and so every airhead on a salary of over £20,000 a year rushed out to buy one and take it up a mountain . |
| 8 | they were n't , they were n't gentlemen so they could n't be er they could n't be officers . |
| 9 | Corporate executives could be incapacitated by imprisonment ; whilst inside they could not be victimizing employees , consumers , share-holders , or the general public . |
| 10 | Perhaps it could not be otherwise , not ditferent . |
| 11 | So we 'd want to put an embargo note on this release , so it could n't be used prematurely . |
| 12 | And though Tutilo did not yet know what lay in store for him , nevertheless he could not be quite sure this apparently joyous return would be the end of it . |
| 13 | The court took the view that since the contract was formed at the reception desk , the notice in the bedroom did not form part of the contract , thus it could not be relied upon by the hotel as excluding liability . |
| 14 | The Inland Revenue were of the view " that if income had been paid away it could not be " relevant income " " because it would not be available for providing a benefit " . |
| 15 | She knew at once it could not be Ruth . |
| 16 | , honestly you could n't be much worse than . |
| 17 | Clearly it could not be — every comment , piece of advice or statement on the radio could hardly be regarded as official policy — and yet the broadcasters ' feeling that they were ‘ a part of the Government ’ certainly acted as an inhibitor on the manner in which some matters were handled on the air . |
| 18 | By stating her views on the way out she could not be accused of empire building on her own behalf . |
| 19 | Her memories of Aurae Phiala were sharp , but now she could not be sure how accurate . |
| 20 | But this was a great feeling of what we had been used to over the years in watching American movies and , with our tongue in cheek and a bit of a giggle , seeing the adventures of the cavalry arriving , And for the first time in our years of combat I had a glow , a rosy glow , inside me and I knew and was certain for the very first time now we could not be beaten . |
| 21 | Now we could n't be in any doubt that some people were not to be trusted . |
| 22 | Since the whole process took only a few seconds for each blank and the woman was working full-time it could not be denied that this woman knew , from her own sensory experience , a great deal about the making of magnets . |
| 23 | If I could n't produce a marriage date , and Nigel could n't officially be registered dead without it , perhaps he was n't , because legally he could n't be , and when I got home I 'd find … |
| 24 | Well I could n't be doing with that ! |
| 25 | Lili and I were silent and I wondered for a moment how I would be feeling if I was going to marry the man I loved — had loved , I amended in my mind , for surely even I could n't be so idiotic as to love still where I had met with such treachery . |
| 26 | Our piloting suggests that there is very little information here which could not be filled in out of the heads of appropriate teachers on these courses , so filling in the questionnaire should not cost a great deal of time for each person . |
| 27 | She wished she could lay claim to a migraine but knew that Betty would not let her , that anyway even she could not be so mannerless as to absent herself from her own picnic , and that even if she did have a blinding migraine she would still have to go . |
| 28 | Surely she could not be jealous of Cora-Beth , he thought ? |
| 29 | Surely she could not be stupid enough to be falling in love , be bowled over by a man 's charm again , and so strongly this time ? |
| 30 | Surely she could n't be planning to go along with the lies . |