Examples of 'they could not have' in a sentence

Meaning of "they could not have"

This phrase indicates that someone or something was unable to possess, experience, or achieve a particular outcome or condition. It suggests that it was impossible or highly unlikely for the subject to have accomplished or acquired the mentioned thing or state

How to use "they could not have" in a sentence

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they could not have
They could not have followed us here.
If they did it they could not have been hacked.
They could not have moved in daylight.
A greater mistake they could not have made.
They could not have been detonated remotely.
They knew things they could not have known.
They could not have freed themselves.
Then surely they could not have met you.
They could not have done it on their own.
All attested that they could not have been airplanes.
They could not have a better representative.
Languages or events that they could not have known.
That they could not have children.
Most of the women found they could not have more.
They could not have cared less.

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They all agree that they could not have predicted.
They could not have treated us better.
A dentist who examined them said they could not have been done.
Something they could not have done separately.
Women were considered cursed when they could not have children.
They could not have just disappeared.
And an effectiveness which they could not have achieved by national development.
They could not have been more dissimilar.
To pursue a schooling that they could not have succeeded without you.
So they could not have come first.
These outcomes were not anticipated because they could not have been anticipated.
They could not have done a better favor to us.
These are things that they could not have known through ordinary means.
They could not have greater merit.
Their only sorrow in the beginning was that they could not have children.
Languages they could not have known.
My aunt and uncle loved kids but they could not have any.
Otherwise they could not have been a sign.
They consider that without the mobile they could not have friends.
Which they could not have borne.
The three women looked up and saw something they could not have anticipated.
They could not have been sitting.
But this is the one person they could not have framed you without.
They could not have anticipated.
I told her they were pretty far ahead so they could not have seen her.
They could not have saved it.
Tourists are hungry for authentic experiences that they could not have had at home.
They could not have gone far.
The two will welcome the child as the son who they could not have together.
They could not have become novices overnight.
Enabling young people with severe disabilities to have experiences that they could not have otherwise.
They could not have done it alone.
Henry requested the annulment of their marriage because they could not have any more children.
They could not have escaped.
If they were in Heaven they could not have perished in any.

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