Examples of using "Purent" in a sentence and their english translations:
They could not help being touched.
They couldn't find the problem.
The students could not give an answer.
He ran as fast as his legs could carry him.
They couldn't find the problem.
They couldn't find the problem.
The human space explorers could not make sense of the well-preserved ancient alien machinery.
The police knew he was guilty but they couldn't make the charges stick.
It was only though these actions that they were able to keep a hold on their power.
The soldiers could do nothing until spring.
Tom and Mary walked into the restaurant and looked around, but couldn't see a free table.
They slept in the car because they couldn't find a hotel.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall; Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again.
The Sphinx had eaten hundreds of people on their way to the city of Thebes, because they could not answer the riddle the cunning Sphinx had asked them.
So when the bold and compact band I see, / "Brave hearts", I cry, "but brave, alas! in vain; / if firm your purpose holds to follow me / who dare the worst, our present plight is plain. / Troy's guardian gods have left her; altar, fane, / all is deserted, every temple bare. / The town ye aid is burning. Forward, then, / to die and mingle in the tumult's blare."