Example sentences of "[adv] could n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a time when you could n't go through a week , perhaps could n't even going through a day , without hearing the British National Anthem somewhere . |
| 2 | Finding out that I apparently could n't even remember their names in the right order rather spoilt the effect . |
| 3 | Oh absolutely , yes I 'm not arguing about that , and as I said , heaven forbid that should happen , erm another point I did pick up from one report was that in the eight years war , and you 're quite right , the Iraqis are battle hardened , but the Iranian air force apparently could n't bomb Iraq to any great consequence except for the first few weeks of the conflict . |
| 4 | and it was and you could n't get near it because the heat of the fire was so strong and the smell of the of the smoke was overpow you literally could n't get near it and everyone had to come away . |
| 5 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 6 | Now , with one of those obscene little twists that fate was so good at , the man chosen for her out of all those available millions not only could n't give her children , but had no intention of getting involved in any permanent relationship , least of all marriage ! |
| 7 | The dominance of the Macintosh obviously could n't last for ever , the numerical superiority of the PC was bound to win in the end , and it was a program called Ventura Publisher that finally did it . |
| 8 | Some IMC trooper obviously could n't wait for lunch . |
| 9 | He obviously could n't give a damn what she did , tucked away in his cosy room , dressed in his nice dry clothes . |
| 10 | Not that she believed his mother was a tramp , but whatever had happened all those years ago it had obviously involved her grandfather — why else would he give her money when the child so obviously could n't have been his ? |
| 11 | She did n't need Dr David Kent , who obviously could n't see what was in front of his face . |
| 12 | Some of Gladstone 's fellow competitors obviously could n't care less about being beaten into the minor placings , but fellow breeders were more forthcoming . |
| 13 | ‘ Public sector borrowing is growing so quickly , the Chancellor obviously could n't afford any more , ’ he said . |
| 14 | What I , what er , I in fact , what , what I did notice in that time that I was there , was that er , when you talk about the old guard , the young people , anybody under forty er they were a little bit cynical about this communism lark and Lenin and the rest of it , they all went to say , they would all go to Lenin 's er statue and in effect have a blessing from Lenin , we went along with them on one occasion , very pleased to do it , but you you got the impression that the younger generation were already in 1982 and the people now that are out there with Yeltsin were shying away from communism , now the thing is this that Gorbachev came along in my opinion exactly at the right time and tried to move things a little our way a little way from the hardline , which obviously could n't be sustained . |
| 15 | went away for the weekend we could ask him along could n't we ? |
| 16 | Erm , we could make some more enquiries , after she , if we thought it was interesting enough could n't we ? |
| 17 | But you could delegate it down could n't you . |
| 18 | I personally could n't begin to choose a favourite on this album , though I am especially fascinated by the Gregorian chant influence of Ebudea . |
| 19 | This clearly elevates me to some sort of status in his mind , although I personally could n't give a shit . |
| 20 | He personally could n't give a monkey 's whether I went out or.not as long as the CID boys knew where they could get me . |
| 21 | She still felt dreadfully tired so could n't have been asleep all that long . |
| 22 | Be managed to elude our bird because he was running inside a wire retaining fence and so could n't be grabbed by the deadly talons . |
| 23 | Richard faced the non-existent audience and so could n't see my reaction as he gave vent to excruciating sounds . |
| 24 | Injured I suppose so could n't make the away trip : - ) ) ) |
| 25 | Edward Smith from Kempston in Bedford , had originally appeared before magistrates in Milton Keynes as a juvenile , so could n't be named . |
| 26 | Right now leave it there so Could n't see about |
| 27 | Before we could see him coming in could n't we ? |
| 28 | But they can ma can make sure because if you make another fire it could move in could n't it Dave ? |
| 29 | I suppose so , yes now do you want , suppose we could use the , the two square ski bags to put the bits in could n't we ? |
| 30 | Always bash through the window and walk in could n't they ? |