Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | They were tired and ill and they could not walk up to the plateau . |
| 32 | You could not hunch up into the tree , hugging closer to the trunk . |
| 33 | If his education were below that of his audience he could not fall back on the validity of the Sacraments he administered for support . |
| 34 | I ’ ) — could not live up to the high expectations created by German propaganda . |
| 35 | The dog leaped at the closest man who , encumbered with carbine and sword , could not cut down at the beast , then Sharpe 's mare slammed into the Frenchman 's horse and the big sword slashed down at the Dragoon . |
| 36 | The hospital management team for Claybury rejected the idea of the quadrant hospital concept , since this could not tie in with the principle of community care . |
| 37 | I could not keep up with the demands of trying to keep everyone happy , and in desperation to make sure I keep my looks , I gave up eating , ’ she is alleged to have said . |
| 38 | I was just beginning to get to grips with the Campaign for Ink Print Information , but Women 's Tapeover could not keep up with the steady stream of new feminist writing that was emerging week by week . |
| 39 | It could now be argued that , throughout the history of the earth , Nature had rewarded those who were able and energetic , and punished those who could not keep up with the race towards higher things . |
| 40 | Jackdaws are supposed to be great collectors , but even a jackdaw could not fly off with the hands , feet and eyeballs of a four year old crammed into its beak all at once . |
| 41 | It was he who had to listen to how the clients could never get through on the telephone , how they were chased by debt collectors even when they had paid , how they could not find up to the minute share prices , etc . |
| 42 | He could not get on with the believing Jews from Eastern Europe whose religion and traditions he neither shared nor understood . |
| 43 | I was never happy all the time , but i could get no character and could not get out of the life . |
| 44 | It was then he found he could not get out of the finance deal . |
| 45 | Now I though he would have hysterics ; he could not get down on the ground quick enough to carry this action out . |
| 46 | And yet , she could not apply that anger to jealousy , she could not storm out across the field and challenge Wynne-Jones 's daughter for the body of the man they both , in their own ways , loved . |
| 47 | After a little while , Oliver was so cold that he could n't hold on to the banisters any more . |
| 48 | He was trying to undermine her self-confidence , make her believe she could n't stand up to the exigencies of canal life . |
| 49 | But on the other hand she could n't stand out in the corridor indefinitely . |
| 50 | He could n't go on the corkscrew he could n't go up on the ship he could n't go on anything . |
| 51 | They laughed so much , they could n't go on with the interview . |
| 52 | Could n't go on with the performance even with the understudies because of the police coming in . |
| 53 | The Italian dirty tricks department worked overtime as Galvano 's management tried to scream ‘ no contest ’ , claiming a head clash caused the badly cut left eye that meant their man could n't go on after the third round . |
| 54 | He found that he could n't go out with the lads anymore , and he felt he 'd lost his happy-go-lucky side . |
| 55 | I could n't go back into the office in this state . |
| 56 | She could n't go back into the house either . |
| 57 | You could n't go back to the time when the great art critics like Bernard Berenson and Herbert Read reigned supreme , even if you wanted to . |
| 58 | But at the time I was just hurt that I could n't wade out into the lake and save them . |
| 59 | They were quite far apart , it was light but still felt enclosed : you could look up and see the high tops of the pines swaying in a wind that you could n't feel down on the ground . |
| 60 | Plenty of men could n't settle back into the old ruts after the war . |