Example sentences of "could n't [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Appearance fits , though I suppose in court I could n't swear for stone-cold certain . |
| 2 | We could n't tender for new business . |
| 3 | Dot did n't mind about the toys and she knew she could n't ask for ginger pop because that cost money but she would have liked to have had her victory token back . |
| 4 | As for Jessie herself , she had held her in her arms and reassured her that her Robbie would be all right , even though , from the scanty information given her by the nurse , she could n't know for sure if he would be . |
| 5 | ‘ In fact , it may not turn out to be a job at all , but without you we could n't know for sure . ’ |
| 6 | Until now she had n't taken much notice of him , so she could n't say for certain whether he was handsome or not . |
| 7 | Something in the atmosphere of the room seemed to have changed in the course of the last few moments , and Liston could n't say for certain what it was . |
| 8 | I could n't say for certain what our smallest listed building is , but I suspect that some old wall-mounted pillar boxes will be strong candidates ! |
| 9 | He could n't say for sure ; when I mentioned a shot , he said he would n't have noticed it particularly . |
| 10 | ‘ Could n't say for sure . ’ |