Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] could not [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to touch her and make her better but I realised I could n't do that . |
| 2 | I got instructions off you to be able do you know I could n't do that timer for love nor money . |
| 3 | Oh he says we could n't do that he says that now , he says I could n't get that done for you . |
| 4 | Er you 'd just feel I could n't believe that , thought fucking hell . |
| 5 | Soused herring was the standard hospital breakfast and she declared she could n't stomach that at seven o clock in the morning . |
| 6 | And there was a funny silence and Dylan said that he 'd bet I could n't do that scream like that with a cigarette in my mouth and I shook off the centuries , stopped staring , smiled a little , noted that he had indeed monumentally screamed with a cigarette in his mouth and went stunned back to my crossword . ’ |
| 7 | Oh Alice , you know you could n't do that yourself . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And you feel you could n't tolerate that ? ’ the counsellor asked Peter . |
| 9 | She wanted to rush into the sitting room and ask why , ask where he 'd been taken , but she knew she could not do that . |
| 10 | But , with a growing sense of foreboding , she knew she could n't do that . |
| 11 | She knew she could n't do that . |
| 12 | She knew she could n't do that . |
| 13 | She thought of going back and finding it all different , the old contentment shattered … and she knew she could n't bear that . |
| 14 | She said : ‘ I wrote I could not understand that with someone as beautiful as her , the prince had to look elsewhere . ’ |
| 15 | Well er as I say , I 've always been a union member but then when I was self-employed it was different and I kept me fees up for a , to somewhere I do n't know what it was , but er when er yes , when er I was coming to come on me own and I went down the locksmith 's to see about it and they said er , what did they say now , they said you could n't do that , whatever it was , and er we 'll have to do this and that and the other . |
| 16 | During the discussions , many participants said they could not accept that round teabags were in any way superior . |
| 17 | ‘ I feel perfectly safe , ’ she said very firmly , and hoped he could n't tell that was an outright lie . |