Example sentences of "[conj] he could [not/n't] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried re-dialling two or three times , but either it was a long conversation or he could n't time it right to slip in between calls . |
| 2 | The acussed alledged that he could not forsee the harm he would do , and proceeded to argue that since he acted inavertently , he did not committ the offence . |
| 3 | But Selznick knew that he could not hand over the selection process to assistants . |
| 4 | Yet his family was totally dependent on him , not just his brothers but his mother and his father , so he could n't buck the system ; the pressure to rein him back in and continue the status quo and what was making money won over . |
| 5 | Parker , he was all caught up ; for he could not ward what he had himself created , fumbled for the door-bolt . |