Example sentences of "could n't [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever it was , Ace found that she could n't place his style of soldiery , and that made her nervous . |
| 2 | Sometimes you just could n't open your mouth with those two . |
| 3 | ‘ You could n't open your mouth in this house before he left but he 'd be down your throat . ’ |
| 4 | He was a busy man , of course , and you could n't waste his time with trivia ; it had to be a major problem . |
| 5 | Since Adam had been monopolising practically all her time , she could n't protest her dislike of him too vehemently . |
| 6 | I found them — compulsive … fascinating … fantasy and fable mixed , and so beautifully executed , almost photographic in detail , that I could n't shake their impression from my mind . |
| 7 | I tried to shout like the two of them , but my cry came out strangled and distorted ; I just could n't express my anger in English . |
| 8 | Afterwards he could n't justify his weakness in giving in and did n't try . |
| 9 | Similarly , before reading Lakoff and Freeman , most readers , myself included , could n't tell their inventory of image schemas from their elbows . |
| 10 | And if you said , draw me a picture of a typical sentence , they could n't do it sort of , noun , verb , and probably another noun . |
| 11 | And somehow she could n't stop her gaze from straying to the triangle of naked chest where his shirt buttons were open . |
| 12 | Kate could n't stop her face from flaming at the astuteness of his answer , and sought to cover up her confusion in attacking him again . |
| 13 | Gazzer could n't stop his voice from shaking . |
| 14 | At a weekend barbecue one of Sarah 's friends wagered 100 that Charles could n't throw his stepmother into the swimming pool . |
| 15 | Even if Guy believed her tale , surely he could n't change his opinion of her so completely ? |
| 16 | I could n't bear her look of hurt expectancy any more , so I tore myself away from her face and walked off . |
| 17 | The brother-in-law , the girl 's uncle , did not contest the father 's authority but he had had the girl 's company long enough for him to feel he could n't bear his house without her . |
| 18 | She could n't think her way around it . |
| 19 | But the worried schoolboy could n't reach his mum at her office . |
| 20 | I could n't drag your name through the divorce courts , even if we could ever … ’ |
| 21 | And he could n't close his helmet over it . |
| 22 | They had n't said to one another that they could n't understand his talk about the Abigails and the Dasses and Mr Plant or the Artilleryman 's Friend . |
| 23 | Noreen had noticed it right away , but could n't put her finger on it . |
| 24 | I could n't put my finger on what it was I disliked about him , yet now it seems plain as the nose on your face . |
| 25 | I do , I like , do you think I could have a copy of anything you 've got to date because lying in my desk this morning is something I have to prepare a briefing note for my chairman and I was thinking about that recent one , but I could n't put my hand on it Robert , absolutely updated on exactly where we are . |
| 26 | She bent her head so he could n't see her blush at the thought that he meant their own relationship , and pretended to do something to the heel of her shoe . |
| 27 | It was bloody we well I had to stop because I could n't see my way at all . |
| 28 | I could n't see his expression in the dimness , only that he was still looking at Russell . |
| 29 | She had spoken the truth when she said she could n't imagine her life without him . |
| 30 | ‘ Beethoven 's a genius , but those fools in the audience could n't tear their attention from your lady friend 's pumpkins . |