Example sentences of "[pers pn] could not be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then there would have been bloodshed , for I tell you I could not be in the same house with them and keep my temper . |
| 2 | She could not be to Pen as Minnie was to Miss Arabel since there was a mother in between but she had a great desire to see her former charge treat her as freely when he reached manhood . |
| 3 | Anne Diamond explained that she could not be at Torquay because of programme commitments and what she called ‘ another thing ’ , patting her midriff to show that she was heavily pregnant . |
| 4 | All she really wanted , if she could not be in his presence , was to be left alone so that she could recall and relive in her mind every moment of that morning 's encounter , and dream about what the future might hold for her . |
| 5 | You could not be in the room next to mine , but you were in the same city , coming towards me , turning the corner of the square , entering the same street ! |
| 6 | They missed the train connection in Glasgow which meant that they could not be at the hotel by seven o'clock . |
| 7 | There was the Honble Freddie Moore , leaning forward eagerly , his turn to speak to her ( it could not be about that ; it must not be ) , ‘ is it true that George Edwardes is after you , and means you to star in his next … . |
| 8 | ‘ Why — because , though at any other time I could perhaps let my feelings have their head , this time , for a reason I simply was n't seeing then , I just knew that it could not be like that with you . ’ |
| 9 | as if , like her , he could not be in her company without remembering . |