Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [pron] could not " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons which he could not reason — ( perhaps the place had seized his spirit ) — an undeniable cheeky lilt of carelessness , the rapture — long thought lost — of being the man he truly was , threatened to break through the ranks of plot , to disrupt the strategy for survival . |
| 2 | Riven half expected to see a crocodile hanging from the ceiling , but instead there were bulbs of garlic and bunches of other herbs which he could not identify . |
| 3 | … those countries which I could not visit in my proper person , I have so attentively read about , that as I turn round a globe I can almost fancy that I know the appearance and characters of the portions of the great world itself which lie mapped out under my eye , and observe all that is going forward on its surface . |
| 4 | Their mouths were mere swollen wounds which they could not bear to stretch enough to admit the spout of the teapot . |
| 5 | If innkeepers did not have a right of sale they would be left with the property of guests which they could not realise in order to satisfy the debt . |
| 6 | Other strategies to ‘ save ’ money included joining clubs to purchase essentials which they could not afford to pay for in a lump sum , although being aware of the extra costs of the high interest on such purchases ; having slot meters installed to control electricity consumption ; and delaying lighting the fire until later in the day to conserve coal : |
| 7 | Now though she had met a young man and felt strange feelings which she could not quite understand . |
| 8 | In the matter of these smaller " possessions " , you might have thought that he would have let you get away with the things which you could not possibly do without , a set of fish-knives , for example , which had been a wedding present , or a " sketch of the Himalayas as seen from Darjeeling . |
| 9 | I have often learned through dreams — frequently just floating snippets , as it were — things which I could not have learnt through my normal perceptions . |
| 10 | No market research informed Laura that women were thirsting for long dresses which they could not find . |
| 11 | However , Vauxcelles 's original references to the ‘ cubes ’ in Braque 's work and to his ‘ bizarreries cubiques ’ had been intended disparagingly , and the term ‘ Cubism ’ continued to be applied by hostile critics to the work of the more advanced painters whom they could not understand or appreciate , and by perceptive critics to these same artists whom they considered to be pioneers in a new movement . |
| 12 | Presumably the passing of over three thousand horsemen could not have gone entirely unnoticed , even of a winter 's night , but discretion in such situations was another and necessary Border virtue , and no alarm was raised in the hamlets and farm-touns which they could not avoid , however many dogs barked . |
| 13 | For Jesus had still much to teach the disciples which they could not understand before his passion ; so he assured them that the Spirit would continue his teaching function among them when he had left them ( 16 : 131 . |
| 14 | The proportion of children who could be found 13–17 months after vaccination was also similar in each subgroup ( table I ) , with no significant differences in demographic characteristics when compared with children whom we could not locate ( data not shown ) . |
| 15 | Local banks faced massive demands for withdrawals which they could not possibly meet and promptly declared several bank holidays in a row . |
| 16 | I said at the time that it was rather important from the point of view of the economy that we should not have wage increases which we could not afford . |
| 17 | Taciturn , precise , a perfectionist engineer , with little skill in a boardroom , Bentley was , by his own account , unresponsive and over-sensitive to criticism , dependent always on the riches of others whom he could not control . |
| 18 | In the laboratory he did undoubtedly think with his hands thoughts which he could not clearly express in words , or in the more accurate language of mathematics ( which he distrusted ) ; but he did try in his lectures to put across some of his underlying convictions . |
| 19 | People in even the simplest forms of developed economy required goods and services which they could not provide for themselves . |
| 20 | This suggests that the feeling of difficulty may be strongest with people whose incomes are stretched so tightly that they have to use credit for some needed purchases which they could not afford otherwise . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , there were certain facts which he could not conceal . |