新2情态助词-could

L1：I could not hear the actors.

L1：In the end, I could not bear it.

L15：He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries.

L19：Could I have those two tickets please?

L21：For some reason it could not be used then.

L23：I told her that she could stay with us.

L24：The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.

L25：The porter, however, could not understand me.

L25：He spoke slowly, but I could not understand him.

L38：In the end, it was more than he could bear.

L42：It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!

L43：It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet.

L46：No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.

L47：He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar.

L48：I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything.

L54：Nothing could have been more annoying.

L62：Firemen had been fighting the forest for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control.

L67：Though he managed to take a number of brilliant photographs, he could not stay near the volcano for very long.

L67：This time, he managed to climb into the mouth of Kituro so that he could take photographs and measure temperatures.

L69：Though the sound could be heard clearly, it took me a long time to react.

L74：It couldn't be better.

L75：covering them with all the clothes she could find.

L75：The woman kept as near as she could to the children.

L75：how she could send a signal.

L78：it was more than I could bear.

L81：He could hear shouting in the camp itself.

L81：There was nothing else he could do.

L91：He could make out three men in a basket under it and one of them

was holding a pair of binoculars.

L91：The police were called in, but they could not arrest anyone.

L93：Before it could be transported to the United States, a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built.