Example sentences of "could and could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set about the lump with the Woodcarver and soon discovered what it could and could not do . |
| 2 | Much has been said about what a Labour Government could and could not do , but I am certain that a Labour Government would set out with the best of intentions to improve the situation . |
| 3 | MGM 's Louis B Mayer even told his artists who they could and could not date . |
| 4 | So those less likely to buy the products knew what these could and could not achieve , whilst potential consumers remained misguided by the original advertisements . |
| 5 | These groups might enter into semi-permanent contracts with academics who had similar interests , and develop rules about who could and could not take part in a ‘ course ’ in a particular ‘ subject ’ and how that ‘ course ’ should be conducted . |
| 6 | In one of these early lessons he was very lucky in his teacher ; Miss Public House took him home on one of his first nights — she who usually never could be bothered — and in one exhausting night Miss P taught him everything he knew about how to make love without getting hurt or hurting anybody ( remember that in those days we were still getting used to the idea and still elaborating our repertoires of what you could and could n't do , which was very hard for us , for me anyway , since we had spent so long trying to forget the very word could n't ) . |
| 7 | I 've got a very stubborn streak and I discovered that I could n't bear people telling me what I could and could n't eat . |
| 8 | I had the same problem with the doctor and nurses in Styal over what I could and could n't have in the way of eye drops , etc . |
| 9 | On one occasion I had some winter clothes brought in and it did take up literally half the visit , sorting all that out , and arguing about what I could and could n't have . |