Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This birth was so quick and easy , Wilson could not think it the same process as Oreste 's . |
| 2 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 3 | Even so , he could not disillusion her ; could not tell her the depths to which he had sunk . |
| 4 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
| 5 | She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way . |
| 6 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 7 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 8 | The legislation reflected a judgement that local authorities could not deliver what the national interest required . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 10 | He explained that children came to Cedars when their own school could not give them the individual help with basic skills which they needed . |
| 11 | I told the hon. Gentleman that I could not give him the information for which he asked until October , when the 1991 population figures would become available . |
| 12 | And I 'm glad enough to have you back , since you could not give me the grandson I hoped for — ’ |
| 13 | Because I was less a true coward , a calculating coward , than someone so innocent , or so Greek , that he could not see what the war had to do with him . |
| 14 | Sad that the industry of our age could not keep what the ingenuity of the former found out . |
| 15 | He said that intellect took one so far but could not take one the whole way . |
| 16 | He could not reveal what the buyers was planning for the building , however , any investment in the site is certain to bring jobs with it . |
| 17 | When an increasing number of psychologists could not find what the theory required them to find , the theory was modified . |
| 18 | He found himself saying , ‘ In 1919 the Enabling Act was passed ’ and then could not remember what the Enabling Act was ; although it was and still in part is the Act which defines the nature of the establishment in England . |
| 19 | He could not deny her the comfort of this lie any more than he could deny her a piece of bread if she were starving . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been an Overseas ’ Corporation Executive for the last ten years and I 've always been told that the reason the Corporation could n't pay me the salary it paid to Americans doing similar work was because my salary had to be related to British salary scales . ’ |
| 21 | It was the part of Sabbo in Rope ; mind you , I had been offered two leading roles at other reps that could n't give me the vital Equity card — so Sabbo it was . |
| 22 | France and Spain , okay , if you only got one of those countries right we could n't give you the point , it has to be both , question eighteen , in which book would you find the character Long John Silver ? |
| 23 | ‘ Too bad you could n't tell him the truth — that whatever class that dress gets it owes to you . ’ |
| 24 | She could n't tell what the words were , but she was grateful that he was being detained . |
| 25 | ‘ I could n't tell you the regiment , but there is a lieutenant of that name staying here . |
| 26 | But one one time one man put up and I do n't know the reason why and I could n't tell you the year but his name was er the Honour somebody . |
| 27 | And I supplied , ooh could n't tell you the firms . |
| 28 | He used to go to a lotta places er that as knocked down or , well I could n't tell you the kind of job , but often there was some locks on the premises was er , perhaps needed repair or he wanted them to be in before he could leave the job and say here you are , that 's the job done . |
| 29 | ‘ I could n't tell you the truth , Ruth . |
| 30 | I I could n't tell you the exact number but it was over a hundred shops in Edinburgh . |