Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [vb infin] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CNAA , he explained , would take pressure off the University of London , and if other universities were not prepared to enter the field of external degrees ‘ they could not complain at the creation of the new body ’ . |
| 2 | Fleury would have liked to have gone , too , but both he and Harry could not go at the same time ; someone had to stay behind to fight off the sepoys . |
| 3 | It had involved the use of a symbol and a photograph to produce a novel communicative request to go to a very specific location , and one that he could not request at his keyboard alone . |
| 4 | ‘ He could not move at all , not even a blink , ’ she said . |
| 5 | ‘ But within half and hour I could not move at all and I went to hospital . |
| 6 | He was talking but could not think at the same time . |
| 7 | She was so constantly braced , her will so stiff from desire , that she could not sleep at nights ; she feared that if she fell asleep she might lose her determination and her faith , might wake up alone in her narrow bed , in the small back bedroom , overlooking the small square garden , backing onto the next small square garden , where for so many years she had lain and dreamed her subversive dreams . |
| 8 | Three months after his symptoms had started , he could not sleep at all , and suffered from waking dreams . |
| 9 | I could not sleep at all that night . |
| 10 | Sometimes he could not sleep at night for thinking about the one time it had happened . |
| 11 | Waterwheels could not function at low water , so adjustable wheels were made . |
| 12 | Afterwards he became very ill and had difficulty breathing and could not walk at all . |
| 13 | Clarke said of Sampson , ‘ Harry , could not bat at all , ’ being what he termed a ‘ poter , ’ whilst Sampson retorted that ‘ Bill did n't know how to bowl , ’ and that ‘ a child could play him . ’ |
| 14 | She could not settle at school , ran away from home on several occasions and spent most of her time alone . |
| 15 | It rained upon them at Elgin and Johnson again ran into culinary difficulty with a lunch he could not eat at the Red Lion inn . |
| 16 | The outside world could not guess at the disturbing cross-currents . |
| 17 | Whatever it was that had come over her family today , Nicandra could not guess at . |
| 18 | ‘ She said she had known for some time that she and Fabien could not remain at La Tour Monchauzet after their marriage — that they had been talking together about moving away — of going , perhaps , as far as Australia or California and starting a totally new life . |
| 19 | I knew he could not stay at my hotel . |
| 20 | I could not stay at home and write a novel because I feel too tired and run down , and need a break from mental activity . |
| 21 | I contacted my social worker and told her that I could not stay at this place and that she would have to find me a Cheshire Home . |
| 22 | By the Tuesday of the first week , Cassie knew that she could not stay at Rose Cottage any longer . |
| 23 | " CAO expressed disappointment that we did not seem to agree with him on this point , but added that he was faced with a grave administrative problem with hundreds of thousands of German PoWs on his hands and could not bother at this time about who might or who might not be handed over to the Russians or Partisans to be shot . " |
| 24 | CAO expressed disappointment that we did not seem to agree with him on this point but added that he was faced with a grave administrative problem with hundreds of thousands of German PoWs on his hands and could not bother at this time about who might or might not be turned over to the Russians and Partisans to be shot . |
| 25 | There was one incident however that , even with hindsight , she could not laugh at . |
| 26 | Attempts to prove that canals were safer than railways , and , ‘ a man could not live at speeds greater than 30 miles an hour ’ , were doomed to failure . |
| 27 | What criteria would police and immigration officials use in their search for ‘ potential terrorists ’ on a train that they could not use at a static checkpoint or airport ? |
| 28 | She could not glare at it or protect herself by clutching at the chair 's arms . |
| 29 | There is no legally guaranteed freedom of speech , no legal right to a fair trial which Parliament could not remove at a stroke . |
| 30 | ‘ He 's like a lighthouse , ’ Mickey Aronson whispered to Ada ; and , indeed , Mickey 's comparison was well chosen , for the smile of pride Max Klein could not suppress at being the baaleboss for such a momentous occasion seemed to reach his lips only after first puffing out his chest . |