Sentence examples for could not serve from inspiring English sources

He added, "I just could not serve.

Relatives could not serve as judges or witnesses.

The clerk said he could not serve anyone in a room that doesn't exist.

Ann Widdecombe says she could not serve under Portillo because of the "backbiting" that surrounds him.

That provision was understood to mean that active homosexuals could not serve.

The girl ordered absinthe and was annoyed when the owner said they could not serve it.

On Monday, Mr. Rapanos resigned after being hospitalized, and said he could not serve for health reasons.

According to state law, a sheriff could not serve consecutive terms, so Smith Johnson alternated terms as sheriff and undersheriff.

Disagreements weren't routinely recorded, so the minutes could not serve as a "black box" to help prevent future mistakes.

But the place I had called home could not serve that role in the absence of my mother.

Top managers could not serve on an authority's governing board and would have to certify annual financial statements.