Example sentences of "[adv] could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not display , perhaps could not have done so , the depth of biblical scholarship that the later encyclical did so much to encourage . |
| 2 | What can you say about a club which apparently could not afford to stay in hotel accommodation but had no problem finding 5,000 dollars to slip into a referee 's back pocket ? |
| 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 | Such a change could also bring into the development plan eligibility net a large number of small farms in the French LFAs which hitherto could not qualify because their income levels were too low . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Each contributed much , but they did not often speak to each other , and indeed almost literally could not speak to each other . |
| 7 | She had no idea how long Freddie would be gone and she naturally could not contact him . |
| 8 | All the sadistic , immoral thrills of a million lifetimes put together could not begin to equal what I felt . |
| 9 | 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 ! |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | But she did ; only could not believe . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He obviously could n't give a damn what she did , tucked away in his cosy room , dressed in his nice dry clothes . |
| 15 | She did n't need Dr David Kent , who obviously could n't see what was in front of his face . |
| 16 | Some IMC trooper obviously could n't wait for lunch . |
| 17 | ‘ Public sector borrowing is growing so quickly , the Chancellor obviously could n't afford any more , ’ he said . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | It obviously could not end , at least until a coherent new form of Catholicism had gelled in practice . |
| 20 | The contract between two individuals with such opposing values obviously could not last . |
| 21 | They had control of all Stanley 's finances , as he obviously could not manage them himself . |
| 22 | It was singularly foolish because it obviously could not work without reciprocity , and no Dominion leader , not even his erstwhile friend Bennett of Canada , was willing to throw their markets open to British goods . |
| 23 | Without employing his own servants as agents and deputies Sadler obviously could not have managed his group of offices ; as it was he complained of seldom going to bed before midnight and generally waking by 4. a.m . |
| 24 | General Bourbollon obviously could not count on the support of the entire military . |
| 25 | But cash carrots alone could not make the system successful . |
| 26 | After 1174 , however , Henry hoped that the presence of his sons in different parts of the empire would in some measure provide the mobility , flexibility and speed of response which he alone could not give . |
| 27 | I alone could not start . |
| 28 | But it was a night when emotion alone could not carry them through and Souness watched in frustration as his young side 's Cup Winners ' Cup ambitions were ended with ruthless efficiency by the Russian champions . |
| 29 | Pay increases alone could not achieve this without inflating the country 's wage bill to an unacceptable level . |
| 30 | Churches alone could not handle the enormous demands created by an industrial society in the spheres of welfare and social security . |