Example sentences of "them [coord] could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His toe-nails looked as if a knife would blunt on them and could not have been cut for months , possibly years . |
| 2 | Many had been decaying steadily for years : their owners had no use for them and could not imagine that anyone else would . |
| 3 | ‘ The bastards who planted it were hiding in the trees , so Donald did n't see them and could n't have expected what was about to happen . |
| 4 | She looked in front of them and could n't see anything . |
| 5 | Still , it was the sort of match that we 'd have only managed to draw last season , i.e. all over them but could n't put the ball in the onion net . |
| 6 | Eventually she found them but could n't get near — the crowds were as dense further up and , push as she might , she could not make a parting for herself . |
| 7 | Two German boats away to port challenged them but could not report the intrusion as these harbour patrol boats had no wireless . |