Example sentences of "could not [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because they could not stand to be in the company of his wife , they rarely saw him . |
| 2 | I can recall a class of eight-to nine-year-olds in Brisbane in which one or two could not cope with being in a submissive role of being hijacked . |
| 3 | Yeah , I worked with a voluntary group for a while and I remember helping one lady go through , she was raped , and go through the courts , and all her past life was brought up , I mean I was so upset for her and yet the fact that he had actually raped twice before was n't brought up , but her past life was brought up and the man actually got off in the end because she just could not cope with being on the stand and dealing with it all and it was just so terrible that , that , that the , the ina , |
| 4 | From this position he could not expect to be prominent going to the first bend , the clubhouse turn , and Shoemaker held him back in about eighth place , some four horses out from the rails , as the runners came past the stands . |
| 5 | Whereas it would have been possible to ask Harriet Finlay Johnson , ‘ What are you teaching this lesson ? ’ and the answer could easily be something like , ‘ The Spanish Armada ’ , one could not expect to be given an equivalent answer from Peter Slade , Brian Way or the Speech and Drama teachers . |
| 6 | But other shocks to the system followed in quick succession : a new language and culture ; the insensitivity , not always unintentional , of foster parents , teachers and hostel administrators ; the cruelty of other children ( and some adults ) who equated all things German with Nazism ; the coming-to-terms with the long-term or permanent loss of family and friends who had been left behind , and the awareness that refugees could not expect to be treated other than as second-class citizens — to mention only the common causes of illness and depression . |
| 7 | Unfortunately insufficient members turned up to achieve a quorum , but ex-chairman , Robin Brookes , took the opportunity to state that the guild could not continue to be run on a rotation of volunteers . |
| 8 | Edward declared he could not continue to be king without the women he loved . |
| 9 | He genuinely had little concern with making money for its own sake , but he could not fail to be infected by Marjorie 's martyred attitude to their shortage of cash , and he resented being reminded of it by Kegan 's sleekness . |
| 10 | As you see , it was a rather exalted collaboration , and the work which was to ensue could not fail to be remarkably beautiful . |
| 11 | Alum pot itself could not fail to be noticed by the first settlers in the district , its yawning gulf constituting an obvious danger to both man and beast ; in the course of time , a wall was built around it and trees planted to indicate its position . |
| 12 | ‘ The style of writing is lively and straightforward , and the reader could not fail to be stimulated by the ideas presented . ’ |
| 13 | The technical officer could not fail to be conscious of the lethal potential of an electrical discharge from the platform . |
| 14 | As soon as it had been fired from the Simonova the pod would have started to broadcast a signal and , since the crew of the survey ship could not fail to be aware that a pod had been discharged , and that it was occupied , he supposed that his descent had been tracked and that someone at least knew where he was to be found . |
| 15 | ‘ Whereas the police , no doubt , would continue to draft in innumerable squads of men to trample the landscape and inspect the ground , and exude such an aura of busyness and continuous reorganisation that even the most cynical observer could not fail to be impressed . ’ |
| 16 | Whether racing or cruising , the most critical crew could not fail to be anything other than delighted with this yacht 's performance . |
| 17 | Perhaps she never realized quite how deep-seated was this need , but shop , as well as factory staff , could not fail to be impressed at the way both she and Bernard always knew their names , asked with interest about their home life and would always try and help if there was a problem by sending taxis , flowers , hot meals or whatever the crisis demanded . |
| 18 | It could not fail to be excellent in your hands , and quite put Mr Thackeray in the shade . |
| 19 | The young man , whose name was Merbury , was eager and inexperienced , and took it for granted , as an honest man well might , that his story of complete and shattering victory , of the capture of so many of the active nobility of Scotland , and of a bright lustre added to the name of Percy and of England could not fail to be pleasing to his sovereign . |
| 20 | The Republic was associated with virtue and austerity , so that society could not hope to be improved until the regime responsible for this fearful debauching of the public mind was overthrown . |
| 21 | If they both were of the same logical type , then we could not hope to be able to clarify the distinction between numerical and species identity and the possibility of order in space or time . |
| 22 | She could hear the beating of his heart and she closed her eyes , thankful for his presence for she could not bear to be alone , not now , not yet . |
| 23 | He could not bear to be away from Maura today . |
| 24 | Mortal , I could not bear to be the one who slays the light . |
| 25 | Bowler felt that Minton was happiest when painting and would have been content with a quiet life had he not been driven by a need for others and by the fact that he could not bear to be on his own . |
| 26 | But I could not bear to be supplanted in a view that lay next to my heart by an old acquaintance . |
| 27 | I could not bear to be in France a moment longer : my friends confirmed my impulse . |
| 28 | FitzAlan was holding her as if he would make her part of himself , as if he could not bear to be separate from her . |
| 29 | The truth was that he could not bear to be so close to Chris and yet feel so distant . |
| 30 | He discharged himself from hospital against medical advice , saying he could not bear to be in the same building as Keith Pringle , the man police are waiting to interview about a 47hour armed siege in Darlington . |