Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she tried to heave herself up onto the driving seat but could n't manage without Dad 's help . |
| 2 | ‘ When the children are out at school I could n't stay at home all day , ’ she says . |
| 3 | But as she said she she just had to she could n't stay in bed when she had kids running all over the place . |
| 4 | ‘ I could n't stay in hospital because I knew he was there , ’ said the father-of-one . |
| 5 | A farmer facing thirty four charges of animal cruelty could n't appear in court today because he 'd been admitted to a psychiatric hospital . |
| 6 | In other words , you could n't stand for office in Harlow and say for instance erm if erm if we er win the election we 're gon na stop the sale of council houses . |
| 7 | He still could n't stand without assistance . |
| 8 | You could n't stand in front of it there was that much power in it . |
| 9 | Charlie , manager of a tit show with a little pimping on the side , could n't talk about sex without blushing . |
| 10 | And I could n't talk to mum and dad . |
| 11 | I could n't talk to Mama in the same way as I 'm doing now . |
| 12 | Mum 'd be there , she could n't go to work with this anxiety hanging over her . |
| 13 | I co I could n't I could n't go to work Monday and Friday , Monday to Friday and then spend all the weekend in the house and then just go to work Monday to Friday again , and do that week in and week out . |
| 14 | Could n't go to work looking like that , could he ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I could n't go to sleep . ’ |
| 16 | If you did n't join one of these organizations you could n't go to school . |
| 17 | ‘ I could n't go on stage . |
| 18 | Dermatitis and I felt I could n't go near cement and all of that . |
| 19 | He could n't pay for Yussuf . |
| 20 | He said he could n't cope with aggravation . |
| 21 | Why did everyone think she could n't cope with hurt ? |
| 22 | On our own , we could n't cope with life , with things in general . |
| 23 | And some of them , of course , emigrated to the United States because they could n't cope with life back in the old lands , the Shakers , are they part of the same sort |
| 24 | ‘ They thought children could n't cope with ambiguity , ’ John says . |
| 25 | That made Agnes even madder , because she knew her friendly snub-nosed face could n't cope with anger . |
| 26 | Without inherited wealth or a rich patron , you could n't dream of painting . |
| 27 | Now she had to let her husband know , oh-so-artlessly , that she had set a guard on Marion that he could n't break without scandal . |
| 28 | It was an open secret that unless they found some other client of similar credibility and budget appropriation they could n't continue in business . ’ |
| 29 | I knew MPs who could n't sleep at night because they were going through lobbies voting against their consciences for the Gulf war — to kill 100,000 people — because they believed it would help a Labour victory . |
| 30 | It th , I was depressed , I had swe sweats , night sweats and my husband was all , he could n't sleep at night and it changed it completely ! |