Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Executive Council under Sir Paw Tun were inert and helpless , and later that morning I went to the Governor to say that I did not think we could hold the situation any longer without grave risk , and advised him to call for the resignation of the Executive Council . |
| 2 | I did not think we could invade this year . |
| 3 | I do not think we could justify turning our backs . ’ |
| 4 | I do not think we could bid for the money part as Japan has the reputation of trying to get its own way by money . |
| 5 | ‘ It was over before we knew it , ’ said Taliesin later , ‘ and even if it had not been , I do not think we could have got near to the Lad . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Presumably they did not think we could add anything . |
| 7 | Bill Mumford says of course they will make it … they would not be going if they did not think they could do it … they have been well prepared … |
| 8 | Quite a number of farmers from these areas , although still with 10–15 years active service left , did not think they could benefit from training : for them it was ‘ something for the young folk ’ . |
| 9 | Her father David , of nearby Lytham , said : ‘ You do not think someone could die from a disease in just 10 hours . ’ |
| 10 | Though its technology , which makes chips , has won much praise , Perkin-Elmer did not think it could profit in the face of Japanese competition . |
| 11 | Sometimes I thought that within a few months I would be back in Le Court , because I did not think I could continue . |
| 12 | ‘ I really do not think I could manage my affairs without her assistance . ’ |
| 13 | If I had not had the support of Project 81 members , the head of care at Le Court and other friends , I do not think I could have survived . |
| 14 | Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge . |
| 15 | They were not due to leave Sintra until early afternoon tomorrow , but she did not think she could stand another day of his kisses and caresses . |
| 16 | She did not think she could stand another hour , another minute , another second . |
| 17 | Alan and Maryon both felt that six weeks would probably be enough and did not think he could manage to continue on this diet for another three weeks . |
| 18 | The Russian did not think he could have been dead for long . |
| 19 | ‘ No-one is so old that he does not think he could live another year ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Unfortunately , his personal secretary said she did not think he could become actively involved , but I am writing to the Prime Minister Mr Major and George Howard , the Environment Secretary , seeking their support . ’ |
| 21 | What they did not know they could imagine . |
| 22 | A Final Protocol annexed to the Athens Agreement provided in Article 4 for recourse to the Greek-Turkish Mixed Arbitral Tribunal established by the Lausanne Peace Treaty , but did not specify who could submit questions to the Arbitral Tribunal . |
| 23 | Though very sympathetic and sensitive to the needs of the birth family most adopters did not feel they could cope with contact . |
| 24 | The party authorities in charge of the campuses , however , did not feel they could allow these radical developments to take place . |
| 25 | She did not feel she could turn down such charity without proof of the necessary conditions of rejection . |
| 26 | What level of income this had been , he did not feel he could reveal . |
| 27 | ‘ I suspect he did not feel he could trust someone , ’ said Cramer delicately . |
| 28 | He did not feel he could write freely if the typescript was readily accessible to his mother . |
| 29 | He did not feel he could work on such a project , however , until " Little Gidding " was finished . |
| 30 | You would not care to talk about it with Matey — if you do not feel you could confide in me ? ’ |