Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mockery could n't disguise the aggressive determination which chilled her to the bone . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They did so with two well-executed goals and an organisation that the home side could not match . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They played the ball the game the easy way and the opposition could n't cope with it . |
| 9 | ‘ Even my good friend Shallot could not swear that I did not slip out of my chamber to commit this dreadful act . ’ |
| 10 | Biggerstaff 's Metro 6R4 suffered a puncture on his first run but even a courageous charge at the second attempt could n't displace Woodside at the top of the list . |
| 11 | The character ‘ ? ’ , or ‘ wild card ’ character ( mentioned previously in section 3.4.1 ) is sometimes given as output from the pattern recogniser for letter positions where the recognition could not match with any known character encoding . |
| 12 | Despite strenuous effects to commit resources to services for people with learning disabilities , Nottinghamshire social services department could not avoid making this policy decision — a decision which was sorely tested . |
| 13 | It was clear that the records department could not remain in London . |
| 14 | Catherine Johns of the Museum 's Prehistoric and Romano-British department could not speculate as to the possible country of origin of the spoon . |
| 15 | The Justice Department could not ask for damages or seek penalties against the guilty parties . |
| 16 | Although he supported the formation of a steering group Mr McLaughlin said the Department could not join because the Government could not get involved in planning and running rail services . |
| 17 | Creggan could not rest or sleep , for out of the racing seas beneath their stance seemed to come troubled memories and images of a place where he once was , and eagles he once knew . |
| 18 | Creggan could not see that at the sound of his words and particularly at the name of Callanish , there came into the eyes of old Minch , who was now held in the cage by the Men , a look as from some vast distance in the past . |
| 19 | Creggan could not turn fast enough to catch them before they dropped untidily into the safety of the trees below . |
| 20 | Creggan could not understand the Man 's words but to him they seemed to sound like that . |
| 21 | Gazza said : ‘ Some of what he did might have been wrong but I respect the fact that Maradona made himself the player Napoli could n't do without when he was in Italy . |
| 22 | The Countess could not drive an ambulance . |
| 23 | They trusted her for it ; an outlier psion could not go running to Them and reveal who hired her and for what reason . |
| 24 | See , without the head man the trainer could n't train horses without a head man . |
| 25 | Leith could n't help feeling extremely sorry for her , especially when she discovered that Rosemary , brought up believing that marriages were forever , could not accept that her marriage was over — even though it had ended up such a disaster and Derek was now asking for a divorce . |
| 26 | Tess could not see his face , and could not understand why the head-dairyman himself should call him sir . |
| 27 | Tess could not accept his reasons for not going . |
| 28 | Tess could not accept her mother 's view of life , but perhaps Joan was right in this . |
| 29 | Similarly , purposeful action involves at least implicit recognition of some future achievement , but a general sense of the future could not have resulted until man applied his mind systematically to the problem of future events . |
| 30 | In fact , under the policies and leadership that demanded this , Labour could n't defeat the government in the worst recession since 1931 . |