fail to recollect
Example Sentences
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When he rose to go away she wished that it were possible to keep him out of Bridget's reach, because she could not fail to recollect Lawrence's plainly expressed opinion.
From Enter Bridget by Cobb, Thomas
Besides these considerations, the Emperor cannot fail to recollect that he has been made an object of mistrust and suspicion in Europe on account of his supposed projects of aggrandizement on the Rhine.
From Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 by Jones, Edgar R. (Edgar Rees), Sir
No one who has ever visited that ancient city can fail to recollect the splendid gateway which terminates the vista of St. Paul's street, and stands there yet in all its pristine beauty.
From Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers by Various
If you have got any memory at all, you can't fail to recollect it.
From East Lynne by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
It is impossible that the people can fail to recollect in a little while that the reticence of which they complain is under the circumstances inevitable.
From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)
