Example sentences of "i could [adv] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't even tell you that now . |
| 2 | Last year I had a place bet on the winner , I could n't even tell you what it was now . |
| 3 | And you ask me any body 's names around here I could n't even tell you Sylvia 's name next door . |
| 4 | ‘ Lisa was in constant agony , but I could n't even comfort her or give her a cuddle because of the plaster . ’ |
| 5 | I could n't even manage it at Bury . |
| 6 | and I could n't even blot him out cos I was too nosey to listen to what he was talking about . |
| 7 | I could n't even remember he was fucking sat there with me . |
| 8 | I could n't even say we were friends now . |
| 9 | ‘ One of our sons was with us for eight months before going away to the other end of the earth — I could n't even phone him . |
| 10 | I 'd need — with the guarantee I 'd need , I could n't even ask you . |
| 11 | The snake was still inside the leg , and I could n't even see it . |
| 12 | I could n't even imagine it . |
| 13 | I could n't just leave it . |
| 14 | Well I could n't just tell you honestly about that but I think the riveters decided who got what , you know . |
| 15 | I could n't just have them standing at the back . |
| 16 | I 'd put them all in an old suitcase and erm , cos I could n't just put them in there I had to have a look , they 're sentimental and that book was in there so I can definitely get you that , but I would n't go up in the loft I 'm afraid , I 'm so scared of creepy crawlies so er , you know , if you , if you want to come back some time when my husband 's here I mean he can tell you more about the wallpaper and decorating , and I 'll get him to get that out . |
| 17 | I could n't 'ardly credit it . |
| 18 | I could n't exactly see you two clicking . |
| 19 | I could n't really blame him , as most horses are suspicious of water at first , especially when they ca n't tell how deep it is . |
| 20 | In the past I used to have a , a class on psycho- history , and I dropped it , and one of the reasons why I dropped it was , the lit a lot of the literary was very poor quality , for a start , and erm , people , er , students , er got that too , and I could n't really blame them . |
| 21 | I could n't really tell you much on the phone , and anyway we can talk now . |
| 22 | I could n't really believe she would n't like it . |
| 23 | ‘ Back in nineteen forty-four when Claudia was working on her thesis , I understood intellectually ’ — he says the word with a certain fastidiousness — ‘ what she was saying about the Masai , but as a man who knew the country and the natives , or thought I did , I could n't really accept it . |
| 24 | there 's no slow start on the reverse I got it while I was working in Leicestershire so I could n't really take it back it 'll cost me more in petrol |
| 25 | I do n't know whether I ought to have my hair permed this week but I could n't really afford it . |
| 26 | I could n't really see them losing three in a row . |
| 27 | I could n't really see him , but I was suddenly frightened , I just knew he wanted to kiss me or something worse . |
| 28 | Sue showed me those pictures you sent , but they were so small and faraway and you were all wearing those funny oil-rig hats , I could n't really see you . |
| 29 | ‘ I could n't really see us doing another ‘ Pills ‘ N ’ Thrills'-type thing , but then we 've always done exactly what we 've liked , always been a little bit different . |
| 30 | Sorry , I could n't quite manage it that time |