Example sentences of "could not [verb] her [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sons and spouses attended the meeting , having prepared beforehand that they would tell their mother personally that they could not offer her a home , but would keep in touch with . |
| 2 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 3 | Even so , he could not disillusion her ; could not tell her the depths to which he had sunk . |
| 4 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
| 5 | I was prepared to tell la Principessa you could not pay her a visit . ’ |
| 6 | He could not deny her the comfort of this lie any more than he could deny her a piece of bread if she were starving . |
| 7 | They could not get her a new one ! |
| 8 | Could n't give her a ring could you and ask her if she could have one ready for us ? |
| 9 | Erm n I as I say I could n't see her the bed it was it was a duvet and . |
| 10 | They could n't get her a new one ! |
| 11 | She was the only midwife in our district and if the women could n't afford her the neighbours helped , a practice which often ended in tragedy . |