Example sentences of "could not [vb infin] [indef pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I left knowing that we could not make anything together . |
| 2 | Fritz wanted to do something immediately about Black Michael and his men , but Sapt and I realized that we could not do anything openly . |
| 3 | The conclusive proof that the horse was being unconsciously cued by the questioner emerged when it was shown that if the questioner was ignorant of the answer to the question , the horse could not provide one either . |
| 4 | Gover prefers it that way : he could not imagine anyone else running the place . |
| 5 | I could not write anything here yesterday because I was too desolate at the thought that I could hot come and talk to you . |
| 6 | Benny could not see anything so pulled on the doctor 's coat . |
| 7 | It seems they could not find anyone else to answer the call , so they came to us . ’ |
| 8 | Insofar as they provided cheap goods of low quality for the coolies of eastern countries , who could not afford anything better they performed a service to the world and created for themselves a trade which conformed to their opportunities and resources . |
| 9 | American newcomer Donny Odom started well and finished unluckily , but Mark Lemon could not get anything right on a disastrous night which started with a crash into the safety fence and finished with an engine failure . |
| 10 | Now what they , what they were supposed to do erm I never did know but there were quite a number of these er men who lived in this train and they had a lieutenant who 's quite a handsome chap by all accounts , he used to come into the office a chap named lieutenant and erm erm this was one of the things that landed on Joyce 's plant er plate and er she used to meet these Education Officers and arrange for courses and in the er in Lieutenant 's case of course there was er , instruction in English which erm erm Stanley who was a Headmaster of er Area School he undertook classes for these Polish chaps but er so often of course these erm , these units were only in the area for a limited space of time so you could n't arrange anything very , very comprehensive |
| 11 | This was not a lucrative job , but she had had so much to do at home that she could n't undertake anything else . |
| 12 | Who could n't love something as cuddly as this . |
| 13 | And she could n't visit anybody otherwise she 'd have to take some of us and y She was n't very welcome anyway with two or three kids behind her . |
| 14 | " But you did n't say you could n't cook anything else BUT sausage and bloody mash ! " |
| 15 | Hold I 've got ta my words on you go go on could n't tell anything else about it , I said yeah it had an orange on and he said , you got the lea oh course |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't mind telling you , though I could n't tell anyone else . |
| 17 | I could n't tell anyone else this . |
| 18 | A problem , because I do n't want a full-blooded plant-growing lighting set-up — in fact I could n't fit one in on the budget and in any case the undergravel and media I 'm using might not be conducive to growth . |
| 19 | She felt limp and exhausted , but there might be someone in the kitchen , and she could n't face anyone else at the moment . |
| 20 | Shelley said quietly , ‘ I mean it — I could n't eat anything tonight . ’ |
| 21 | I always figured people became chefs when they could n't do anything else . |
| 22 | ‘ I could n't do anything else , could I ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Could n't do anything else . ’ |
| 24 | Heart-throb Nigel , who has played consultant Julian Chapman for three years , said last night : ‘ If I carried on playing Julian people would assume I could n't do anything else . |
| 25 | You could n't do anything else . |
| 26 | It seemed as if she could n't do anything right and everyone grumbled at her . |
| 27 | We could n't do anything very energetic , but we enjoyed the change , the magnificent scenery , and I appreciated the rest . |
| 28 | And we did n't bother , we could n't do anything much for these rabbits and try and kill them you know , as much as we could aye . |
| 29 | He was a wanted man in the Lebanon and UNACO could n't do anything publicly without endangering their own clandestine existence . |
| 30 | If he , if he could n't do anything then he would accept it and not do it and then try a bit and if he had to go back to bed . |