Example sentences of "it could [not/n't] last " in BNC.

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1 It could not last .
2 But it could not last .
3 We both suspected that it could not last , but it even survived the Big Bang when the leisurely practices of the City — short days , long lunches , and three-day weekends — supposedly ended .
4 Things started so well at the weekend I knew it could not last .
5 It could not last , Oliver thought .
6 Of course , it could n't last . ’
7 You knew it could n't last .
8 It could n't last , though .
9 We enjoyed a monopoly in this trade , but unfortunately for those successful in the boom , it could n't last forever .
10 It could n't last , of course . ’
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