Example sentences of "you could [not/n't] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that ecological energetics was like grinding up cows to make hamburgers — you could not be sure a monkey had not slipped in somewhere . |
| 2 | You could not be afraid of it , you could not possibly fear something so delicate and so insubstantial . |
| 3 | ‘ You could not be harsh . ’ |
| 4 | I knew you could not be C'zaki , ’ he said . |
| 5 | But you could n't be sure that was enough . |
| 6 | " She was a person you could n't be neutral about . |
| 7 | He was difficult sometimes — maddening sometimes — but he had , I always thought , a curious innocence of character so that you could n't be angry with him for long — and I found him always stimulating to be with — talkative , bursting with ideas and comments — and for a great deal of the time — just plain good fun to be with . |
| 8 | You could n't be alone with your tragedy , you were expected to bring it into the living-room with you , as the others brought their newspapers , knitting , homework . |