Example sentences of "[vb past] it could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some large firms have found it impossible to match competitors ' spending : Jaguar found it could not afford the costs of developing the next generation of engines and models and was forced to sell out to Ford in 1989 for £1.6 billion . |
| 2 | Which basically found it could n't make a railway service run and dropped it . |
| 3 | Then Wim went off and tagged IBM and when IBM and HP agreed to support a common position Sun eventually found it could n't resist , especially with Novell nudging it on . |
| 4 | Many women realized that our trade union did n't have the support of the management and believed it could n't resolve any of our problems . |
| 5 | Joseph Payne , an Alex Brown & Sons would let loose a huge supply of stock onto the market and fund managers would n't stand for it — a rather naive statement since the non-executive directors would be in breach of their fiduciary duty if they allowed IBM to pay a dividend they judged it could not afford . |
| 6 | Sharpe reckoned it could not take the enemy longer than an hour to overrun the fragile line of Dutch-Belgian troops , and in one further hour they could have fortified the crossroads to make them impassable to the British . |
| 7 | The sceptics at GM reckoned it could never work — the motor would overheat and no battery could store enough energy to turn over a car 's engine . |
| 8 | And the revenue got mean and decided it could n't afford the time of serving officers and it left pre-retirement council and other bodies with a gap to fill er the only other people who are er professional if you like , who could fill it , would be accountants and they were n't available . |
| 9 | One , Federal Express just decided it would n't do it any more , and other other one Elan , a couple of weeks ago , or last week or whatever it was , decided it could n't afford to do it any more . |
| 10 | Then Wim went off and tagged IBM and when IBM and Hewlett agreed to support a common position Sun decided it could n't resist , especially with Novell Inc nudging it on . |
| 11 | In its need to show a determination to repatriate boat people , the Government decided it could not wait to send the volunteers home first . |
| 12 | Early in the 1630s Calvert announced his conversion to Catholicism and , though Charles I valued his services and asked him to stay at court , he decided it could only cause trouble if he did so . |
| 13 | O&Y 's liquidity crisis meant it could not repay the holders when they refused to roll over the commercial paper . |
| 14 | He neither went towards her nor withdrew and she saw it could not go on like that . |
| 15 | It was one of the truly marvellous innings , one that no one who saw it could ever forget ; since it has been shown on television virtually every time rain has stopped play in any match since , it would be almost impossible to have forgotten it anyway . |
| 16 | If the school felt it could not cope with Balbinder then maybe he would be better in a more sympathetic environment . |
| 17 | The association felt it could not undertake this work but would seek the help of the local Scouts . |
| 18 | The association felt it could not undertake this work but would seek the help of the local Scouts . |
| 19 | Sainsbury 's felt it could not justify investment at either of these locations and instead surprised everyone by buying land at Parc Menai which has already got planning consent for a hotel and conference centre . |
| 20 | It felt it could not oppose the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty brokered by the United States in March 1979 , but at the same time viewed it with ambivalence . |
| 21 | According to Pat Hutchinson of Luton Consumer Services , Turbosoft was very successful at first but as the firm grew it could n't cope with the volume of orders received — Trading Standards have had over 400 complaints to date , and they 're still coming in ! |
| 22 | You knew it could n't last . |
| 23 | I knew it could n't work . |
| 24 | Things started so well at the weekend I knew it could not last . |
| 25 | Just when I thought it could n't get any better the Turkish police steamed in a chinned Big Nose and Bryan ‘ As I say ’ Knobson . |
| 26 | It rained that Summer and when you thought it could not rain any more , it rained again . |
| 27 | Granpa thought it could well have been a Saturday , felt it most likely the month had been January , was confident the year was 1900 , and knew it was in the reign of Queen Victoria . |
| 28 | They both probably thought it could never happen to them . |
| 29 | However , elation at the beauty of the surroundings meant tandooried legs were far from my thoughts , and as we continued to the shapely Sgurr an Lochain , towering as it does over a tiny dark blue lochan , we agreed it could n't get much better . |
| 30 | it was being reorganized and the lady who did it could n't do it any more and would one of us like to take the |