Example sentences of "could not [verb] much " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The hall fell totally silent , and John Gummer was distinctly heard to say that he could not stand much more of it . |
| 2 | The pittance that he allowed her to keep herself and his two children could not make much of a dent in Tawell 's more than robust bank account . |
| 3 | Banks , Harris and Sinclair were probably elected because of their trade-union connections , but precisely because of these existing responsibilities , the first two could not devote much time and effort to what appeared to be a marginal group making little impact . |
| 4 | And since Cambridge University of 1924 was hardly likely to breed recruits for the Labour Party — that took another three years — the young men and women of the university could not do much but move , or move further , towards the Conservative side . |
| 5 | The proprietors could not do much more than launch a rather fragile settlement around Charleston , and even this could not be occupied continuously until 1681 . |
| 6 | But this Keynesian demand management could not dispel much of the economic uncertainty faced by business . |
| 7 | She could not see much of the room because of how he filled most of the doorway , but she saw the glow of the fire and a glimpse of a baize-covered table on which were papers . |
| 8 | As far as farmers are concerned time was a very valuable commodity and many of them , particularly in the winter period , could not afford much time away . |
| 9 | Again , I could not afford much of it if I were buying it now . |
| 10 | On one occasion when Tolkien tore a ligament playing squash , and was told that he would be confined to his bed for ten weeks , Lewis went to see him — but , as Warnie recorded , he ‘ found Madame [ i.e. Tolkien 's wife ] there , so could not have much conversation with him ’ . |
| 11 | Poor love , he was so fair-skinned he could n't tolerate much sun and Majorca was sunnier and hotter than ever this season , according to him . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think this is going to work , ’ said Endill , knowing his nerves could n't stand much more . |
| 13 | He certainly sounded as though he could n't stand much more . ’ |
| 14 | Reynolds looked at the title of the piece , but he could n't make much sense of it . |
| 15 | Looking at him , I could n't detect much change . |
| 16 | I could n't do much , but my mind was free and clear . |
| 17 | Susan had said that they would both have to find jobs , and one could n't do much in the art line without proper training . |
| 18 | She could n't do much yet , and was certainly not fit to take a job — otherwise she would have made Breeze go to Edinburgh , and gone down to Penzance herself . |
| 19 | I 've said the same to meself , but the way we are fixed … well , we could n't do much else . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , she told us you could n't do much 'cos of yer sprain , ’ said Linda . |
| 21 | The law could n't do much to her , and she 'd probably get a few columns . |
| 22 | But you see er you know you 'd got to do that so in between those times you could n't do much else could you ? |
| 23 | The old lady who lived here could n't do much work , so she 'd left the garden . |
| 24 | " The man was lying in the mud , and the doctor could n't do much in the way of examination on the spot . |
| 25 | They decided they could n't do much about the rape , but they dealt with the wife beating by publicly humiliating and parading the culprits ! |
| 26 | A fat , bombastic , pig-eyed , treacherous son of a turd who destroyed the best of men because he wanted to get between Anne Boleyn 's legs and , when he did , could n't do much about it . |
| 27 | Shifty-Eyes could n't do much about it as I was hanging on to his foot . |
| 28 | The old front-drive model could n't muster much dry-road grip and was a terrible understeerer in the wet . |
| 29 | If you 're the sort of person who thinks that Parliamentary democracy is a reasonably important thing , you could n't take much pleasure from the findings of the enquiry into the way Rover was sold off . |
| 30 | For a couple of days now Luke had trailed her round the station , sat in her office , watched her through the glass partition of the control-room as she 'd done her interviews : everywhere she had turned , he 'd been there , and she could n't take much more . |