Example sentences of "they could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Consultants at least have to recognise , they could n't fix that the closure of was strongly opposed but it was a mystery to all of us except obviously Mr on the December how they were unable to nevertheless , to accept a little dissimilar rejection of part of my and the associated increased in the despite the fact that seven different people are of the same several different people same margin Mr but not . |
| 2 | The girls would return from extended lunchbreaks in the city centre — a problem Personnel conceded they could n't resolve — rustling their voluminous plastic bags whose contents they would then exhaustively compare and discuss . |
| 3 | Just as they could n't leave that bug in her phone . |
| 4 | He , they left the er they 'd gone said leave it in the conservatory , then he went out and and and and er shut his conservatory so they could n't leave it so they asked me to keep it for him . |
| 5 | So they could n't leave them all standing outside . |
| 6 | If the parents and their witnesses had to travel to the Scottish mainland , this would involve them not only in time away they could n't spare , but also travelling and accommodation expenses . |
| 7 | Since they could n't talk about that , they preferred not to talk at all . |
| 8 | He had reasoned that , even if they could n't talk there , the morning concert might do her some good , that she had never willingly set foot out of the flat since it happened , that in any case he had a father 's responsibility towards his younger sister , and he had promised to go and hear her . |
| 9 | They could n't talk to me . |
| 10 | They could n't avoid being seen together and she braced herself for the blast from Georg and from her parents . |
| 11 | until one day they could n't think of any way that you could may improve it . |
| 12 | 11 out of the 20 forms returned left blanks here and two said they could n't think of anything to say . |
| 13 | In the past , in the past these children would be so severely mentally handicapped that they could n't lead a normal life , but if , if your able to control this disease and bring them up intellectually normal so that they 're like everybody else , they 're going to have the same life expectation and hopes and aspirations as the best , that 's the best of us , and what do women do when they get to the |
| 14 | But even if this tape is going to record the last speech of somebody famous and it did n't get and therefore they could n't record it , that is co , the consequence of a delay , you know , a fall of snow or our vehicle breaking down or something not being done , or missed some in human , some human error , it 's not our , we do n't lay , we 'll give , we 'll insure or offer transit liability on the value of the goods providing you 've got additional full transit liability with us , but we wo n't for the loss of business because you did n't get it . |
| 15 | They could n't contemplate such a situation with a united Germany and their allies in the Eastern bloc in chaotic pursuit of democracy . |
| 16 | Such are the rigours of their adulthood ( working in bons , never eating till 11pm ) that many Hoorays remember their schooldays as the happiest time of their lives ; their schoolfriends are those they feel most at ease with , even if at the time they could n't stand them . |
| 17 | I was not allowed to play when Mum and Dad were in because they could n't stand the din , so I had to wait until they were down the pub to enjoy myself . |
| 18 | Finally , they could n't stand it any more . |
| 19 | Of course the boss 'd bosses were always there and he was a a right a right fellow you know , he was he he got blacklisted at , they could n't stand him . |
| 20 | She 'd be left sitting in a pool of piss until they could n't stand the smell . |
| 21 | She hoped it was tactful but clearly they could n't stand there like statues indefinitely . |
| 22 | They must be " conceivable " in terms of our cognitive theory otherwise they could n't arise at all , or if they did , would refute our theory ( see below ) . |
| 23 | Now er that really started to look into the , the , the nur the , the er profession and also to sort of see if they could n't improve the lot of nurses . |
| 24 | While they were able to recite Newton 's laws by rote , they could n't explain them . |
| 25 | For the long journey to the Pole , they needed a lot of food , and they could n't carry it all with them . |
| 26 | Marius was dismissive about both of them and thought that if they could n't manage two weeks of bedmaking and personal organisation then they should have stayed at home . |
| 27 | ‘ They could n't eat whole rugby balls . ’ |
| 28 | But since they were very important people who told the original lies , they could n't eat humble pie and be seen to change their minds , so we 're stuck with the thing until the end of the next century , unless … ‘ |
| 29 | And for the for the young calves you had to scrap them cos they could n't eat the the the big big thick sl slices for the young calves . |
| 30 | If this was one of the family , she might have some explaining to do quite soon , but they could n't eat her , for heaven 's sake . |