Example sentences of "he could [not/n't] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He saw that the intellectual side of him could not be wrong , somehow he must baptize it . |
| 2 | Surely he could n't be ignorant of the reason for her coolness towards him ? |
| 3 | Not , she recalled , that he could n't be awkward . |
| 4 | He could n't be serious ! |
| 5 | He could n't be vulnerable . |
| 6 | There was a central mark somewhere in the splurge that might have been the impression of a nipple , but he could n't be sure . |
| 7 | He could n't be sure she would have the heart to go on running racehorses if she were forced to believe Harry a murderer … if she thought he had left her without warning , without a note , if she were worried sick by not knowing where he 'd gone , and was also haunted by the thought of Harry with Angela Brickell . ’ |
| 8 | Though he could n't be sure of recognizing him . |
| 9 | That first time , he could n't be sure , it was after midnight , too dark to tell , her belly and her legs lay like patches of moonlight on the ground , he could n't be sure , but as he lifted away from her he thought he smelt that rich , metallic smell . |
| 10 | That first time , he could n't be sure , it was after midnight , too dark to tell , her belly and her legs lay like patches of moonlight on the ground , he could n't be sure , but as he lifted away from her he thought he smelt that rich , metallic smell . |
| 11 | Once , he thought he saw her stop and wave , but he could n't be sure . |
| 12 | It still needed courage to make the decision , since he could n't be sure how the fans and the horses would react to him . |
| 13 | But he could n't be sure . |
| 14 | He could n't be sure , but it had sounded like , We 're with her , now . |
| 15 | At first he could n't be sure . |
| 16 | The times of death seemed to span the whole day , but he could n't be sure the thirty-eight covered everybody who died that day because the numbers of each certificate did n't add up to a complete sequence . |
| 17 | He could n't be sure . |
| 18 | He said there may be more money somewhere , but he could n't be sure . |
| 19 | This glider looked sturdy enough , but he could n't be certain that it would return to the ground safely . |
| 20 | Everything was happening so fast — he could n't be aware of the crisis he was dragging me towards . |
| 21 | He could n't be powerless . |
| 22 | For a moment he thought of being ill , but he could n't be ill for ever . |
| 23 | Surely he could n't be jealous of Tamar 's grand lifestyle ? |
| 24 | I mean , yo , he even decided to grow a beard , for one thing he could n't be bothered shaving , did you remember ? |
| 25 | He could n't be unfaithful to the mother of his child . |
| 26 | Like any political arriviste , he could not be sure whom he should trust among his colleagues , but the faction-fights of the previous thirty years must have taught Ceauşescu that in the Romanian Communist Party ideological affinity or even past services counted for little . |
| 27 | But he admitted he could not be sure he saw a soldier make contact with another soldier with his rifle . |
| 28 | He thought he saw the girl again , but he could not be sure . |
| 29 | She grasped both his hands and sank to her knees , pressing her lips to his fingers and whispering her thanks — though whether to himself or to God , he could not be sure , and was n't much interested . |
| 30 | He thought he had succeeded but he could not be sure : her loyalty to Colonel Moore was bedrocked : so he had not scored a direct hit but then neither had she resented his attempt . |