Example sentences of "i could not [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought it was murder , and I could not forget the five orange pips and the strange letters to my uncle and my father . |
| 2 | During the war with the Khomeini zealots , I could not command the necessary resources to reactivate the programme following the ‘ 81 setback . |
| 3 | I could not stand the ridiculous questions people came and posed about my work : ‘ But how do you find such interesting subjects for your poems , Mr Kirkup ? ’ |
| 4 | since I am one of those people who do something the wrong way round , if there is the slightest opportunity , I also inserted the needle incorrectly the first time only spotting my mistake when I read on and found that I could not follow the next instruction if my needle was at the back of the work . |
| 5 | I wanted to speak to her but I could not find the right words . |
| 6 | 6 Later , in a more morbid vein , he confessed : " I suspected all along that there was little possibility that I would be forgiven for making known publicly that Stalin disgusted me , and that I could not stomach the Nazi-Soviet pact and the events in Finland . |
| 7 | I am afraid that I could not catch the last part of my hon. Friend 's question , but I agree with him about the importance that he attaches to the single market . |
| 8 | Enjoying this recreation , I could not banish the occasional thought that although work at B.P. was undeniably of vital importance , we were living a comparatively sheltered life , and that the real brunt of the war was being borne by the men on the battlefield . |
| 9 | The section in John Cleare 's World Guide to Mountains and Mountaineering ( Webb & Bower 1979 ) is suggestive but by no means comprehensive , and I could not get the extant Alpine Club Guide Selected Climbs in the Dauphiné and Vercors . |