Example sentences of "i could [not/n't] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But eventually I got it right , I had to — I could n't do the advanced course without the basic one under my belt . |
| 2 | I could n't do the old one now . |
| 3 | I could n't do the Forties bit at all , padded shoulders and crêpy things , ugh , and pageboys — I think it must have been purely Oedipal , those were my parents ' things , dammit , what I was getting away from . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , I could n't fish the last two but in my side challenge with Simon I did n't need to . |
| 5 | I could n't bear the mournful look on his face . |
| 6 | Eventually I stopped asking , because I could n't bear the sad little shake of his head that meant Not this time either . |
| 7 | I could n't stand a smelly cat tearin' me 'ome ter pieces , ’ she told him . |
| 8 | I said I could n't stand the orangeady carpet any more and he 's bought me some Indian and Turkish rugs . |
| 9 | ‘ I could n't stand the short working week and I really would n't know what to do with all that bribe money . ’ |
| 10 | Whenever Mackie was n't actively helping Tremayne she stayed close also to Fiona , and although I tried I could n't dislodge the underlying anxiety in their eyes . |
| 11 | And I could n't tell a triple Axel from a double Salko in a million years , let alone perform one ! |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I could n't give a damn how it looks to you ! ’ she retorted angrily . |
| 13 | I could n't eat the damn meal I had erm steak and kidney puddings , no steak and kidney pastry pie . |
| 14 | ‘ I can remember phone numbers , decks of cards , all the Olympic medal-winners going back a century but I could n't remember the right day on which to turn up — at least I was n't a week late . ’ |
| 15 | I could n't remember the last time he 'd shown me so much affection . |
| 16 | It tasted dry , like pasteboard , but it was food and I could n't remember the last time I had eaten . |
| 17 | I wanted one for er saying granddad one from the kids and I could n't get a decent one |
| 18 | I was split between boxing and football when I was 16 and , at one stage , I wanted to turn professional boxer and thought that , as I was on Norwich 's books and I could n't get a pro boxer 's licence till I was 17 , anyway , I 'd play football for twelve months and then steam into boxing [ he was a double ABA junior finalist ] . |
| 19 | I could n't get the right bolts . |
| 20 | The first time I ever got it I what do you want me to do and he said right run across there and I 'd run now punch it , and I 'd be punching the you 'd be jumping and turning round , I could n't get the right one , and finally punch it and the would be coming , said quick hit that and I was getting all sort of |
| 21 | but I could n't get the political parties . |
| 22 | I could n't buy a Christmas pudding , and I could n't buy a hot cross bun . |
| 23 | I could n't imagine a little car with a luxury big-car feel until I drove the Metro . |
| 24 | Any species that I know I could n't provide the proper conditions for . |
| 25 | Mr. Andrew has always been devoted to Kate , Mr. Mottram , but I could n't say the same about her . |
| 26 | I could n't raise a dicky bird . ’ |
| 27 | He knows how I feel , me being an only child … he 's a wonderful husband , I could n't have a better husband . |
| 28 | I could n't have a better head groom . |
| 29 | " I could n't have a worse offer if I lived to be a hundred . |
| 30 | I moved up to there , and I want to bring everybody up to my new level , so I sort of drag everybody up , but I always thought it was just the , the inertia effect , you know , that I could n't have a mental and physical and moral energy to last everybody out wh , while they would change effectively . |