Example sentences of "could not take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was smiling , and Paul suddenly realised that he could not take money from her . |
| 2 | His argument was that the Church of Ireland was ‘ poisoned by ecumenism ’ and as such he , as a Free Presbyterian , could not take part in fund-raising on its behalf . |
| 3 | When the Exchange Rate Mechanism was being created , during the final days of the last Labour Government , the then Prime Minister decided Britain could not take part . |
| 4 | These groups might enter into semi-permanent contracts with academics who had similar interests , and develop rules about who could and could not take part in a ‘ course ’ in a particular ‘ subject ’ and how that ‘ course ’ should be conducted . |
| 5 | But today , she could not take part , she pleaded illness , she invoked Caterina , who needed her at home , she said , for she was still poorly . |
| 6 | This meant that Mrs. Bernadette McAliskey ( nee Devlin ) could not take part though she had earlier indicated that she would stand as a candidate in Mid-Ulster . |
| 7 | Therefore the two sections could not take title away from the owner from whom the goods had been stolen . |
| 8 | Elizabeth knew that George was right : she could not take chances with this pregnancy . |
| 9 | ‘ We could not take chances , ’ continued Tyrell , whose question had apparently been rhetorical . |
| 10 | Although there were four possible exits from the balcony , and three different walkways for my pursuer to choose from , I could not take chances . |
| 11 | Morality could not take precedence in the determination of foreign policy because of structural differences between the setting for individual behaviour and the setting for international behaviour . |
| 12 | The British felt very confident of their position at sea ; to reinforce the strength of their blockage they laid down unilaterally the rule of 1756 that neutrals could not take advantage of wartime conditions to enter upon trade that would not have been allowed in peacetime . |
| 13 | Quoting from The Times , he would agree that , as applied in Poland , Marxism had created a proletariat disposed to ‘ revolutionising practice ’ inspired by those who could not take advantage of the widespread corruption through which a black economy , supported by western currency , operates to mitigate the sheer harshness of a regime of scarcity . |
| 14 | The accused could not take advantage of a previous wrong , i.e. of the forgery by which the money came into his account . |
| 15 | Marie Grubbe could not take offence at the insults and the brutality to which Søren , her third husband , subjected her when she so thoroughly understood herself and him . … |
| 16 | The simile was so striking and no doubt so apt , and one that was so delightfully Eliotish , that I could not take offence , though a critical word from that quarter could deal a heavy blow to one 's morale . |
| 17 | Otto was a busy man , he could not take time off when he wanted . |
| 18 | Faith in collective bargaining could not take root . |
| 19 | This ‘ moral conquest ’ could not take root , if only because modern government meant efficient taxation . |
| 20 | ( Who ever heard of a mother falling so ill she could not take care of her household , whereas everywhere there were men drunk , mad , gaoled , old , worn out-who had become as children again to their wives ? ) |
| 21 | Mother and I decided that in the interests of hygiene we could not take Father 's body into Chiguana , but must bury him where he lay . |
| 22 | He could not take refuge in a timely snooze . |
| 23 | If six men were left , we could not take control of the ship ; and because only six were left , the captain 's men did not need my help . |
| 24 | Now Diego was a man in years , and his strength had passed from him , so that he could not take vengeance , and he retired to his home to dwell there in solitude and lament over his dishonour . |
| 25 | A spokeswoman for the Ombudsman 's office said the draft report was still in the hands of the DTI and that publication could not take place until it had been returned . |
| 26 | The process of conception as such is not affected , and the scientist no more ‘ creates ’ a baby than does the obstetrician who performs a Caesarean section , an operation which has saved the lives of countless mothers and babies in situations where birth could not take place by the natural route . |
| 27 | However , if the relevant project could not take place at all without cooperation , then Article 85(1) will not be infringed . |
| 28 | ‘ Emily , the marriage could not take place yet , ’ he told her . |
| 29 | Alan had asked me to arrive in good time with the Registration of Death certificate and , equally important apparently , the cheque , without which the cremation could not take place . |
| 30 | The ‘ four great freedoms ’ were suspended so that public meetings and rallies could not take place . |