Example sentences of "she could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emily felt a momentary sense of panic , she had no means of supporting herself , her father 's business was in ruins , he had left great debts that she could not meet . |
| 2 | She could not betray that sanctuary . |
| 3 | Oddly , though , even when she opened her mouth to betray her pact with Naylor , she found that she could not betray him . |
| 4 | She could not cope with lifts , and she could not go into the garden shed in case the door closed upon her . |
| 5 | Recording a verdict that Mrs Bowyer ‘ Took her own life ’ , Dr Weir said : ‘ This is terribly tragic because she did it because she could not cope with the pain of the illness she suffered from . ’ |
| 6 | A DEPRESSED mum has vanished with her three mischievous sons after saying she could not cope with long school holidays and mounting debts . |
| 7 | She and her husband were on the brink of breaking up and she could not cope with personal relationships . |
| 8 | It was touching despair , so deep that she could not cope . |
| 9 | But she could not make herself care . |
| 10 | She could not make out the patch of canary-coloured light on the opposite wall , could not make out why the sun was shining and why her brown-stained hand , on the sheet , would not move for cold . |
| 11 | But she could not make herself give up . |
| 12 | She could not make up her mind whether to risk wearing them for the competition . |
| 13 | But it had progressed to the stage where she could not make herself walk past a pigeon on the ground , but would cross the road in order to avoid it . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The position had been reached where she could not make out the labels on the cans of food she was heating up . |
| 16 | And she said no , she could not make tomorrow , she was going back to England tomorrow , which was not true , but true enough . |
| 17 | Finn must have been lying awake in the darkness , as she was , the wall separating them like Tristan 's sword , for she could hear the soft murmur of him and Francie talking together for a little while , but she could not make out one word . |
| 18 | But she could not make out his face , obscured from her by shadow and the oblique angle at which he had set his seat . |
| 19 | She thought it dry , and it was , but she could not make a dent in the downpour itself . |
| 20 | She could not make out the words , but knew instinctively they 'd been uttered by the uncle of her child . |
| 21 | She was so relieved to hear this that she could not make any further self-sacrifice . |
| 22 | The he made a U turn and drove away so rapidly that she could not make out his number , only the red tail light diminishing , at more than legal speed , down the deserted Embankment . |
| 23 | The lift of autumn in the air went contrary to the trouble she could not make herself consider . |
| 24 | And his mother , anxious when she could not make contact with him , reported him missing nine days later . |
| 25 | A STUDENT , Sarah Molyneux , hanged herself because she could not make friends during her first term at university , an inquest was told yesterday . |
| 26 | She could not control the power alone , was not meant to . |
| 27 | But she must mind her p's and q's and be on her guard against initiating topics that she could not control . |
| 28 | If there were to be nightmares , she could not control that ; but she would not waste her waking time frightening herself with a terror which was past . |
| 29 | Her lips parted in a small smile which she could not control . |
| 30 | Athelstan just glared at her but still she could not control her mirth . |