Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] could n't [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pity she could n't be with us , ’ said Mrs Harper , dangerously : but Shirley had n't the energy to fight back , she helped herself to a spoonful of sage and onion stuffing and sat down to begin her meal . |
| 2 | I knew that what she told me could n't be the whole story . |
| 3 | The prosecution had already conceded it could n't be safely relied upon . |
| 4 | He had always felt he could n't be the descendant of Naullses . |
| 5 | I ought to have known I could n't be so lucky . |
| 6 | She decided she could n't be so wrong twice in as many days . |
| 7 | ‘ In 1975 , when we started doing this , all my competition were saying it could n't be done . |
| 8 | ‘ In 1975 , when we started doing this , all my competition were saying it could n't be done . |
| 9 | ‘ Climber ’ editor Peter Evans decided he could n't be left out … |
| 10 | The contour lines on the map were remarkably close together for the final descent but we decided it could n't be as bad as it looked . |
| 11 | I suppose it could n't be her , could it ? |
| 12 | Chinchilla , I would have said , but I suppose it could n't be . |
| 13 | I just felt I could n't be bothered |
| 14 | as if I suddenly knew I could n't be sure of anything any more . ’ |
| 15 | I knew I could n't be caught . |
| 16 | The honeymoon , like the wedding , had been perfect — Jennifer felt she could n't be happier . |
| 17 | After all that had happened she was still unable to betray Peter — in fact , it was because of all that had happened that she felt she could n't be the one to give away the details of his difficulties , especially not to Marc , now that she knew how things stood between them both . |
| 18 | Once , knowing she could n't be heard , she shouted back and was conscious of looking like a pinkish , fair-haired and flustered fish with its mouth moving silently behind glass . |
| 19 | Dot knew she could n't be brave enough for that . |
| 20 | And because I 'd let her fall off , she would n't be allowed to be a nun any more , because she had fallen into the lake of mud and I knew you could n't be a nun unless your clothes were clean . |
| 21 | Striding across the room , he thrust his harsh , angry face towards hers , ‘ Oh , yes , Hilary , you explained , and in such a way that they thought you could n't be bothered . ’ |
| 22 | I knew he/she could n't be trusted . |
| 23 | True , what he had felt for Kee was at the time a stronger passion , and so far as charm went they could n't be compared . |
| 24 | They felt they could n't be natural , could n't be themselves , ’ said Dr Phillips . |
| 25 | The size of a giant child meant it could n't be educated in schools . |
| 26 | Boy could see the scuff marks around the doorhandle where other men ( Boy knew it could n't be people , he just knew it was men ) had opened and closed it . |
| 27 | She said , between sobs that seemed to tear her chest open , something that sounded like , ‘ All my fault He knew it could n't be that because it did n't make sense but there was no point in asking her what she had said because she was crying too hard She cried and cried and Nick sat and watched . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 29 | I knew it could n't be restored to what it had been in the old days , but there was still room for a club where members had fun rather than did business . |
| 30 | I thought it was my spine but I could move my limbs so I thought it could n't be too bad . ’ |