Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pron] could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't realised he could score like that . |
| 2 | I had n't realised he could score like that . ’ |
| 3 | Yes I do n't think we could manage any . |
| 4 | I did n't think we could go wrong . |
| 5 | ‘ I really do n't think we could cope with another such situation . |
| 6 | We did a lot of woodwork at the school because they did n't think we could deal with books . |
| 7 | Without them , I do n't think we could buy the hospital the vital equipment it needs . |
| 8 | I do n't think we could imagine a society without them now . |
| 9 | I 'm not putting it around the table , because it 's a very long letter , and I do n't think we could have a worthwhile discussion on it right now . |
| 10 | ‘ You do n't think we could ask her ? |
| 11 | Well I did n't think they could 've gone straight into socialization because they did n't have the resources to . |
| 12 | They said oh they could n't do nothing about that but er did n't think they could do much about it . |
| 13 | I do n't think they could say anything , as I say there was no hosepipe ban then anyway so |
| 14 | ‘ When I saw Honey End and Greek Scholar coming at me I did n't think they could catch up but I gave Foinavon one more slap just in case as we jumped the last . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't think they could have done any more than they did . |
| 16 | I did n't think they could know anything about my boat — she was at least a mile away , on the northern edge of Winter Marsh , and as I 'd come from the road on the south they had no reason to search the northern shore . |
| 17 | Kathleen did n't think they could afford to wait any longer . |
| 18 | But I do n't think they could believe what was happening — and nor could I. |
| 19 | I do n't think one could say policy , no . |
| 20 | I do n't think one could say policy , no erm I think the move in this direction is a drift really . |
| 21 | ‘ And I do n't think anyone could leave this window-seat without us knowing . ’ |
| 22 | I do n't think anyone could have entered without my hearing . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't think anything could give me as much pleasure as watching a horse I 've bred and brought on myself performing at the top of his form . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Yeah , I do n't think anything could faze us any more , ’ sighs world-weary Patrick , already on to his second career , being a qualified doctor . |
| 25 | His mouth refused to release hers , and every movement he made sent her spiralling deeper into an apparently bottomless pit of pleasure , it washed over her , saturated her , invaded every one of her nerve-ends until she did n't think she could stand it any more . |
| 26 | Perdita did n't think she could eat another thing , but the figs in syrup that followed were so delicious she was soon piling on great dollops of cream . |
| 27 | But Jessamy did n't think she could cope with spending even half an hour with Julius . |
| 28 | Almost level with the last sunflower and she did n't think she could make it . |
| 29 | She did n't think she could make it . |
| 30 | He did n't think she could face this with any coolness and she had to convince him . |