Example sentences of "[noun] could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was also immensely proud when Gavin Campbell , who fronted last week 's B B C D E C appeal , told me that words could not describe the tremendously high quality of Save The Children 's work in Malawi , Mozambique and Sudan , which he had recently visited in order to film for the D E C appeal . |
| 2 | She was nearly as sceptical as Dr Neil about the reason for McAllister 's presence in their life , but she was such a good , hard-working creature , despite her decorative appearance , that Matey could not quarrel with her . |
| 3 | How it would all end Matey could not imagine . |
| 4 | Sally-Anne , her heart thudding in the strangest way when he asked her this , as though he had said something much more intimate , and then suddenly understanding by the ambiguous way in which he had spoken that he had offered her other games than chess , and his wicked expression betraying that he had seen her confusion , flushed , and he added softly , so that Matey could not hear him , ‘ Come , McAllister , give me your answer — you surely wish to please the Master in every way possible , ’ the last bit in a fake American accent so bad that she laughed out loud . |
| 5 | The mockery could n't disguise the aggressive determination which chilled her to the bone . |
| 6 | Mrs. Pridmore could n't see the sense of more examinations and all this talking about a career . |
| 7 | St Antonino of Florence felt that the professional soldier could not fight in a war the justice of which was not above doubt , nor could he be given absolution as long as he continued to fight in that cause . |
| 8 | Such a dramatic movement of peoples could not have been undertaken by any other contemporary transportation method , and must reflect remarkable activity at the hundreds of newly built stations throughout the system . |
| 9 | Malik mispunched Malcolm over mid-on , and Lamb 's little legs could n't carry him fast enough to get underneath the chance . |
| 10 | Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands , for their legs could not bear them . |
| 11 | The thin cotton pyjamas could not conceal his aroused state . |
| 12 | The conclusive proof that the horse was being unconsciously cued by the questioner emerged when it was shown that if the questioner was ignorant of the answer to the question , the horse could not provide one either . |
| 13 | And this is what the other blacksmiths had done : they 'd got hold of the horse 's hair and the horse could n't bear it to be touched . |
| 14 | A COMMITTED Colchester side could not prevent National League Division One side Old Loughtonians from claiming the Essex Cup for the seventh time in ten years down in Chigwell . |
| 15 | They did so with two well-executed goals and an organisation that the home side could not match . |
| 16 | Scunthorpe were on the rack but the home side could not find the killer touch , Micky Thomas just failing to reach a Flynn chip and Bennett having a header blocked by the commanding Elliott . |
| 17 | Mary-Lou could n't speak , the sight of the enormous spider apparently running straight at her had completely undone her . |
| 18 | Because I 'm a bit patterny , flowers , with this little bit here and being cropped there , just made my leg look a bit , and I thought oh dear , and I was n't convinced , Richard could n't stand them , he thought I looked absolutely gross in them . |
| 19 | They possessed a certain plausibility in as much as Richard could not have gone on crusade without first ensuring that his position as his father 's heir was fully and publicly recognized in the most formal manner possible , while everything about Henry 's policy in the last four years indicated that he was reluctant to make any such announcement . |
| 20 | They played the ball the game the easy way and the opposition could n't cope with it . |
| 21 | ‘ Even my good friend Shallot could not swear that I did not slip out of my chamber to commit this dreadful act . ’ |
| 22 | Birmingham fans could n't believe it … the Swindon fans must have been rubbing their eyes too … ion the last minute Mitchell raced away for his hat-trick … they think it 's all over it was then … 6-4 … to Swindon … what a scorcher … |
| 23 | She and David could not do anything about it , of course , but it was wonderful . |
| 24 | Julia deliberately turned to him to explain the significance of Comfort 's private jokes and fill in the background whenever she mentioned the name of one of their friends whom David could not know . |
| 25 | The shops and stalls were open for business : a cart bearing a ragged , crudely-drawn banner was used as a stage by a troupe of actors shouting words that Corbett could not understand . |
| 26 | The guard who had brought them went up beside the chair , knelt and spoke quietly to Bruce in a language Corbett could not understand and guessed that it was probably Gaelic , a language totally alien to him . |
| 27 | Corbett could not prove that but he recognised the kind of man who could concoct cunning elixirs which could kill a man or woman and leave no trace . |
| 28 | Corbett could n't make his features out because of the hood pulled over his head . |
| 29 | When Flagstad could not manage a high C in the 1952 Furtwängler recording of Wagner 's Tristan und Isolde , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sang it instead . |
| 30 | He said that a levy assessed on arrears could not work because of the problem of defining arrears and basing the levy on the amount outstanding was unfair because of the different types of debt such as an £80,000 mortgage or £100 weekly collection . |