Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] you could " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when you live alone and you are inviting comparative strangers to your party , it is wise to enlist the help of a friend beforehand to help you cope , particularly if you do not feel you could deal with evicting people who might become drunk or who overstay their welcome . |
| 2 | You would not care to talk about it with Matey — if you do not feel you could confide in me ? ’ |
| 3 | No , I do n't think you could say they were engaged . |
| 4 | You 'd have to get rid of a lot of your assumptions before you could fully appreciate why I could n't live with a man I do n't love , or I do n't think you could ever understand why I ca n't accept to be maintained , to put myself at the disposal of another , be in another 's company twenty-four hours a day , share another 's pleasures and pains — and so on . ’ |
| 5 | Oh , I do n't think you could clearly dichotomize and say it was one thing or the other . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think you could honestly say it was going well just now , but it will do soon and that 's all that matters . ’ |
| 7 | I did n't think you could get grants for your hobby ; I thought they were for businesses and things like that . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think you could have thought of a better way of rewarding her , she seems such an independent little thing . ‘ |
| 9 | Right , you do n't think you could n't , you 're not at |
| 10 | You do n't think you could I think you could . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think you could hit the ocean if you fired the gun from a boat . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't think you could get it a second time . |
| 13 | I do n't think you could afford to do so . |
| 14 | I do n't think you could walk the five miles to our cottage ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't think you could keep up such softness for long . |
| 16 | Did n't think you could , anyway you tie a piece of cotton onto the pin with a button on the end of it . |
| 17 | And therefore it was a system the the employer encouraged but of course er I do n't think you could say that there were many people who were happy with the system . |
| 18 | But I do n't think you could ever quite understand . ’ |
| 19 | Then you used to be able to buy clay pipes , I do n't think you could today . |
| 20 | I should n't think you could afford to take a couple of days off at such short notice . |
| 21 | I do n't think you could ever hurt me , love ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't think you could get the lifting power . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't think you could ever call Ken a friend . |
| 24 | I do n't think you could assume that they evaporated . |
| 25 | Now you take all those , take Street and Street , they were all very respectable people and er I do n't think you could say there were any slums about at all as far as I can remember . |
| 26 | I did n't think you could . |
| 27 | That 's interesting , I did n't kn did n't think you could cancel it off the screen , I thought it was there always . |
| 28 | Come on , come on up , ooh did n't think you could come , do what ? |
| 29 | I did n't think you could . |
| 30 | No nothing , I do n't think you could of done any more , you got it to committee and , and there 's nothing more than you can do than that |