Example sentences of "[adv] [det] could not be " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Never mind , my darlings , " she said now , bathing them both in her overflowing affections , Gemma propped up on her pillows looking polite and pleasant — surely that could not be right ? — Linnet still remote and very tranquil . |
| 2 | The proprietors could not do much more than launch a rather fragile settlement around Charleston , and even this could not be occupied continuously until 1681 . |
| 3 | ‘ Billykins , ’ she said ( surely this could not be the woman 's name ? ) , |
| 4 | Surely this could n't be the woman he had seen earlier ? |
| 5 | Surely this could n't be just another flash boneshaker . |
| 6 | Surely these could not be the ones he had planted ? |
| 7 | ‘ I 've never met one yet that could n't be broken , ’ chuckled Tiptoe . |
| 8 | So the money , and a lot of money must be getting saved ee somewhere , so I do n't see any reason why that could n't be ploughed back into the , th th the benefit system . |