Example sentences of "[noun] and could not take " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er there was only one who could n't take part and he was in the fire brigade and could n't take part because they were er his employers . |
| 2 | Napoleon despised him and exploited him because he guessed his motives and could not take seriously his defence of Spanish independence . |
| 3 | The results speak for themselves : Labour lost rural seats and could not take key marginals . |
| 4 | But she had reached the end of her rope and could n't take any more , and , speedily cutting him off . |
| 5 | The benefit of the system was that it demanded that society intervened for those who were under great pressure and could not take the stress . |