Example sentences of "[adj] people could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frankly , and regretfully , most British people could not care less . |
| 2 | They even took pride in developing new skills which enabled them to use difficult machines which inexperienced people could not use . |
| 3 | Talented people could not advance themselves and their position , let alone make a worthwhile contribution to their field . |
| 4 | Decent people could n't allow these places to exist once they knew about them . … |
| 5 | Many disabled people could not travel to the polling station , and few knew beforehand whether it was accessible , or even whether they could get into the booths . |
| 6 | Coun Donald Fraser , a district and town councillor for Newton Aycliffe , said disabled people could not get specially adapted buses for day trips or holidays . |
| 7 | Then other people could n't get enough again you see , so if they were giving you er points well naturally you had the sweets to give them , you 're not diddling anybody or anything like that . |
| 8 | Ordinary New People could n't love anything as he loves me . |
| 9 | ‘ But a lot of African people could not understand English . ’ |
| 10 | The US basketball star 's announcement , Merson said , " drives home a basic truth about the AIDS pandemic " , that sexually active people could not consider themselves invulnerable , whatever their sexual preference . |