Example sentences of "could not [prep] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though what it was that she knew , she could not at that moment have said . |
| 2 | While Davidge could not at that time be more specific , he observed , ‘ the appointment of Sir Anthony is intended to stimulate discussion and to help us rexamine all existing and potential services ’ . |
| 3 | The court which would normally have taken cognizance was that over which the lord presided ; and although it was in the lord 's court that the vassal made his defiance , it was usually done , not in person , but by messenger or herald , and the vassal could not at that stage accept any ruling of the court . |
| 4 | He could not at that stage hope to fulfil this role himself . |
| 5 | And she did n't , could n't at that moment conceive of any reason , however remote , why he would want to make love to her . |