Example sentences of "could n't go " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the things we had been told was to carry any valuables we had around with us so that they could n't go astray . |
| 2 | I could n't go on living in a place where I was no use , ’ she spoke with the quietness and desperate authority of someone who had discovered they could give up no more ground and live . |
| 3 | You could n't go further than the eighth class without going on to be a priest . ’ |
| 4 | The last time I went there was in 1968 ; after that I could n't go there because I was a British citizen . |
| 5 | He found that he could n't go out with the lads anymore , and he felt he 'd lost his happy-go-lucky side . |
| 6 | But I could n't go home in the dark ! ’ |
| 7 | Something about there being no place like home but he could n't go home in the dark . |
| 8 | During the Napoleonic Wars , when people could n't go abroad , they became more preoccupied with architectural styles . |
| 9 | He could n't go like that . |
| 10 | He could n't go on seeing her in the circumstances . |
| 11 | Children could n't go into the children 's ward unless they themselves were poorly . |
| 12 | They was at the gate , so we could n't go in . |
| 13 | When Gloria went off to the Essoldo , Dot could n't go with her . |
| 14 | ‘ Could n't go without Charity 's permission now could I ? ’ |
| 15 | I could n't go on without it . |
| 16 | However , Richard Baxter was laid low with illness and could n't go , so he wrote this book for them instead . |
| 17 | When we all went to the pub and some of them went up and got non-alcoholic drinks and that , and they all said they could n't go into a pub and do that and they done it , no problem . |
| 18 | offered to call round if I could n't go to the meeting . |
| 19 | Reyes , 28 , was slowed by cramps , and could n't go with Nelson . |
| 20 | I could n't go without the gear , so I 'd have missed the first day . |
| 21 | Although he was hitting the ball all over the place in practice , Seve was figuring out which side of the fairways to miss on a lot of holes , and places where he could n't go at all . |
| 22 | I could n't go surfing without my gloves . |
| 23 | I just knew there were certain places I could n't go because they were for blacks only , ’ he says . |
| 24 | You could n't go to his people . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , I could n't go . |
| 26 | ‘ If she married Mr. Gordon she 'd live at Longreen , so she could still be our Brown Owl , ’ argued Anita , ‘ but if she married somebody else and lived away she could n't go on being . ’ |
| 27 | She knew that the car could n't go far along the ride , because this ended in dense thickets . |
| 28 | But she could n't go back now ; she had to go on . |
| 29 | You use phrases like ‘ instead of ’ , ‘ for not ’ or ‘ without ’ , to praise your child for desisting from previous bad behaviour , thus : ‘ Thank you for sharing your toy instead of snatching it away ’ ; ‘ I think you 're a big boy for not whining when you could n't go out ’ ; ‘ you got ready for bed ? without a fuss ’ . |
| 30 | We could n't go so easily to theatre , opera or ballet , for it was painful for Michael to remain long in one position . |