Example sentences of "[noun prp] could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | How it would all end Matey could not imagine . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Mrs. Pridmore could n't see the sense of more examinations and all this talking about a career . |
| 5 | Mary-Lou could n't speak , the sight of the enormous spider apparently running straight at her had completely undone her . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She and David could not do anything about it , of course , but it was wonderful . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Corbett could n't make his features out because of the hood pulled over his head . |
| 14 | When Flagstad could not manage a high C in the 1952 Furtwängler recording of Wagner 's Tristan und Isolde , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sang it instead . |
| 15 | Dot knew that Mrs Parvis could n't care less what Mr Brown thought because Mr Brown did n't count for anything , because poor Mr Brown had never been in uniform . |
| 16 | Britta could n't help smiling . |
| 17 | Not that , I 'm sure , India or Pakistan could n't put a mugging team in the next Olympics if they wanted to , but it was unusual . |
| 18 | Teachers and LEAs could not keep track of this deluge , little of which can now be recalled by practitioners in any detail . |
| 19 | Cadfael could not choose but feel some sympathy for one whose dubious but daring enterprise had come full circle , and now threatened him with disgrace and punishment ; all the more as Cadfael himself had just been spared a possibly similar exposure . |
| 20 | The police had been convinced it was a genuine accident that took his life ( and that of his mistress ) but after what she 'd been through , after what she had discovered , Donna could not believe that men willing to kill for the possession of a book had not taken the life of the man she 'd loved . |
| 21 | Bernice could n't face eating any of the uncooked or rotten food . |
| 22 | Bernice could n't take her eyes from the tall woman , and realized that her companions , too , must have been staring . |
| 23 | His shoulders were shaking , Bernice could n't imagine the messages that might be passing between the Doctor and his time machine . |
| 24 | Bernice could n't see what he thought he would be able to do even if they did catch up with the shapechangers . |
| 25 | Bernice could n't help staring at that head . |
| 26 | Bernice could n't work it out . |
| 27 | Bernice could n't work it out . |
| 28 | Mickey Aronson could not resist nudging his landlady beside him and whispering : ‘ Now I know why Klugman is going to Palestine . |
| 29 | The issue , an ongoing source of tension , had been aggravated by remarks in July by Demiral on the eve of the inauguration of the Ataturk dam on July 25 , to the effect that Iraq and Syria could not lay claim to the water Turkey drew from the Euphrates and Tigris rivers . |
| 30 | Hari could not breathe , she felt lost in a flurry of emotions . |