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could not be(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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could not be bettered(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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could not be worse(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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could not have come at a better time(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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could not sleep a wink(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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could not wish it better(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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he could not choose but hear(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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he could not refrain from going(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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he could not refrain from saying(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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he could not refrain from smiling(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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he could not resist laughing(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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he could not suffer criticism(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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his answer could not be otherways(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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i could not afford(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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i could not do other than i did(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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i could not stick it any longer(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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i could not well refuse(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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i could not wish it changed(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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it could not be denied that(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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it could not have been otherwise(expression, unlikely, hardly, couldn't)
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