Example sentences of "could n't [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could n't be without it , ’ said the woman . |
| 2 | The London stage could n't be without him — in loincloth or natty suit . |
| 3 | Unavoidably detained in a traffic snarl-up in Park End Street , Dennis could n't be with us in person , but he was present in spirit , and the result was quite literally indescribable . |
| 4 | ‘ Pity she could n't be with us , ’ said Mrs Harper , dangerously : but Shirley had n't the energy to fight back , she helped herself to a spoonful of sage and onion stuffing and sat down to begin her meal . |
| 5 | We did n't understand the good reasons why they could n't be with us . |
| 6 | She 'd been thinking about becoming a nun but she could n't be with a baby . |
| 7 | I felt guilty — I seem to do that a lot , like when I could n't be with my parents when my father was dying , even when I know at an intellectual level that I do n't need to . |
| 8 | And then they could n't be on their own because they had the elderly relatives to care for . |
| 9 | That way — or so she said — it would be protected in a way it could n't be on its own , because the group had so many different irons in the fire . |
| 10 | It could n't be for my uncle 's charms , or could it ? |
| 11 | Sorry I could n't be of more help . |
| 12 | ‘ If you 're to come into money , then it could n't be at a more appropriate moment , could it ? |
| 13 | I could n't be at peace until I knew the answers to these . |
| 14 | She could n't be at all sure that giving in to such an impulse would have the desired effect . |
| 15 | The doctor was so ugly yeah , no , no that when the doctor s when the doctor saw her , no when the doctor saw her , she was so ugly he just had to run , could n't be worth cutting the prinny hole . |
| 16 | It could n't be about the fire-damaged gin . |
| 17 | Location is fairly important to a hotel in London , and you really could n't be in a more convenient spot . |
| 18 | Everyone had told her she could n't be in a better place , but they kept saying she must be patient a little while longer — and she did n't know how much longer she could bear it . |
| 19 | It seemed a shame that it could n't be in time for my mother 's birthday on the 8th but at least it was a good target for which to aim . |
| 20 | Now we could n't be in any doubt that some people were not to be trusted . |
| 21 | He could n't be in two places at once . ’ |
| 22 | So if it was going to get rough she could n't be in safer hands . |
| 23 | ‘ He could n't be in better hands , ’ he said , spuriously confident . |
| 24 | O'Keeffe 's immediate reaction to the criticism generated by the 1923 show is not known , but it is clear from a letter she wrote to Mitchell Kennerley of the Anderson Gallery in the autumn of 1922 , soon after Rosenfeld 's second article appeared , that she had objected from the beginning to Hartley 's and Rosenfeld 's assessments of her and her art : ‘ You see Rosenfeld 's articles have embarrassed me — [ and ] I wanted to lose the one for the Hartley book when I had the only copy of it to read — so it could n't be in the book . ’ |
| 25 | It could n't be from the results of the Primary 7 tests — could it ? |
| 26 | They could n't be near the gutter or the peak ; oh , no , they had to be halfway between . |
| 27 | Or turn into a bitchy ginny misery like M ( no , I could n't be like her ) . |
| 28 | I do n't like , just , I could n't be like Deirdre and , put me overall on and in go in without collecting me thoughts getting myself together Deirdre never arrives till about three minutes before she gets in the door , she 's putting her overall on saying come on ladies , its time were , but she 's putting her overall and on , and they all sit there looking at her and so |