Example sentences of "they could n't be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think if a museum gets to be talked about ‘ Oh , well , they 've sold this and they 've sold that ’ I for one would want to make very sure that whatever I gave them could n't be sold . |
| 2 | Obviously they could n't be ridden on a mountain , but magazine articles and newspaper features began treating them as a status symbol , and so every airhead on a salary of over £20,000 a year rushed out to buy one and take it up a mountain . |
| 3 | When they arrived at her close he took her inside , along past the stairs to where it was dark and they could n't be seen by the rest of the close . |
| 4 | There was n't too much room , but at least they could n't be seen . |
| 5 | They could n't be relied on to cope with the situation and our safety at the same time . |
| 6 | If they could n't be destroyed then they must be neutralized or kept in a stage of siege . |
| 7 | A large proportion of Whitely 's inmates had also come via other gaols throughout the country ; prisons where they could n't be handled adequately . |
| 8 | That humour , that humanity ; they could n't be lost . |
| 9 | It would have meant the hole was stopped , they could n't be pushed into it themselves . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | One day , soon after he arrived in the dale he had reason to go to another farm and overheard a conversation between two old ladies.p They were lamenting that it was a sad day because outsiders were coming into the dale and taking over farms and was n't it a shame they could n't be let to locals . ’ |
| 12 | They could n't be expected to argue with that . |
| 13 | Now she knew the safety of her room was illusory ; it was just that they could n't be bothered with her . |
| 14 | Theyspoketo them nicely but if I asked them for anything it was as though they could n't be bothered . |
| 15 | The new ideas were an outgrowth from this , but were sufficiently novel that they could n't be pursued within the terms of his research contract with the DOE . |
| 16 | I had begun to shrink , become half human , to lose touch with my body and mentally cut off the bits that hurt so that they could n't be hurt any more . |
| 17 | They could n't be fighting all the time and the Iliad describes them hunting , fishing , boating and even playing draughts . |
| 18 | Madeleine said : they could n't be buried in the cemetery if people had forgotten all about them and did n't know where they were , could they ? |
| 19 | They could n't be allowed to do this , because they were still attached to the creance and might get themselves caught up round the perch . |
| 20 | There had already been a kerfuffle over the pornographic ones ; they could n't be included in the facsimile edition and yet at the same time it could hardly be called a complete edition if they were n't there . |
| 21 | Erm , another thing too it 's a , just a pity that that chap there , well both of them actually are standing whe pity they could n't be persuaded to move over a little bit because they are , you see this chap in a dark suit , he 's right against that very dark archway there . |