Example sentences of "i could n't [verb] the [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 said I could n't stand the orangeady carpet any more and he 's bought me some Indian and Turkish rugs . |
| 8 | ‘ I could n't stand the short working week and I really would n't know what to do with all that bribe money . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I could n't eat the damn meal I had erm steak and kidney puddings , no steak and kidney pastry pie . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | I could n't remember the last time he 'd shown me so much affection . |
| 13 | It tasted dry , like pasteboard , but it was food and I could n't remember the last time I had eaten . |
| 14 | I could n't get the right bolts . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | but I could n't get the political parties . |
| 17 | Any species that I know I could n't provide the proper conditions for . |
| 18 | Mr. Andrew has always been devoted to Kate , Mr. Mottram , but I could n't say the same about her . |
| 19 | I could n't believe the mild , interested responses — before long I was actually having what amounted to a conversation . |
| 20 | I could n't hear the first words , then I heard : ‘ Bill phoned the depot and told me about the accident . ’ |
| 21 | I could n't hear the second question myself . |
| 22 | Although it 's interesting to hear the difference between these amps with a signal source as stable as the A2 , there was n't one where I could n't produce the desired sound simply by tweaking the combo 's own EQ . |
| 23 | The island was a small one in the this has got a heart middle of the pond I could n't find the right line that 's why I did that . |
| 24 | I could n't join the regular army because of my criminal record . |
| 25 | Then in the end we came to a river so wide I could n't see the other bank ; I felt frightened and thought this must be the end of the race , and I wanted to stop , but Father plunged straight in without looking at me so I had to plunge in too . |
| 26 | She said I could n't see the new year in . |
| 27 | ‘ If I could n't see the funny side of life , I think I would have murdered someone by now ! ’ says Mel . |