He said the success of the song gave him the chance to have some of the things he could not have dreamed of.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

I looked hard at him. I could not have been more surprised if he has said the same thing about Nepoleon, or Socrates,or Solomon.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

I looked hard at my friend. I could not have been more surprised if he has said the same thing about Nepoleon,or Socrates,or Solomon.

VOA: special.2011.03.26

I did not understand how a person surrounded by the joy of music could not have some of its sense and beauty inside her.

VOA: special.2009.01.18

The new law said negroes accused of being runaway slaves could not have a jury trial.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

You see,the doctor had told her mother that she could not have any more children.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

He tells VOA that the natural disaster could not have happened at a worse time for Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

The American people could not have been impressed with that display, and I certainly was not."

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

The anti-corruption group Transparency International says more than 30 Bongo family properties in France worth nearly $200 million could not have been purchased on his state salary alone.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

At a midday news conference Tuesday, Moir held up his gold medal and said that without the Own the Podium financial support, he could not have achieved his Olympic dream.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Or it could have been used to hold the shape of the shoe while it was not being worn.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

Insurers could not deny coverage to people who already have a condition, or cancel coverage if people get sick.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

Mister Ramirez might not have been able to express himself in English, but he could do so with his art.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

I then replaced the wooden boards so well that no human eye -- not even his -- could have seen anything wrong.

VOA: special.2009.05.16