Sentence examples for did could not from inspiring English sources

The day before, the governor had said that he did could not recall writing similar letters.

The ugliness of what she did could not, over time, be hidden.

However, since becoming leader his has softened his position, telling the BBC he did could not see Labour campaigning to leave the EU.

But for two worrisome days, Nix did could not see out of the eye and did not know if he ever would.

"The work I did could not have been done without her," he said, recalling how she stayed with him until 3 a.m. making sure he had all the required photocopies in place to submit one of his entries and she lets him camp out at her Plainview home to get extra lab time.

However, the former Rangers chairman said that what Rangers did could not be compared to "bribery and corruption involving players and referees, fielding players that did not meet the criteria and qualifications of the governing bodies, or they were playing while they had been banned for previous misdemeanours".

Maybe what I was trying to do could not be done.

But what does "couldn't" mean here?

Because what had been done couldn't be taken back.

Nothing the dancers ever do couldn't be part of that game.

What the theatre could do that could not be done elsewhere was not always clear.