Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] remember a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ramsey afterwards could not remember a word that he had said in his speech . |
| 2 | She could not remember a storm as bad as this . |
| 3 | Mr Reid maintains he was refused the right to call witnesses on his behalf while Mrs Gerrie said she could not remember a request being made at the original hearing . |
| 4 | Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother . |
| 5 | Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother . |
| 6 | Dinah Asshe could not remember a time when she had not enjoyed dressing up . |
| 7 | On the other hand , he could not remember a time when it had not been taken for granted the Hall would one day be his own . |
| 8 | He could not remember a time when he had not known . |
| 9 | I had been there nine times previously , but I supposed it was the same as your time as a baby — you could not remember a thing about it . |
| 10 | Read the paper and could n't remember a word of it . |
| 11 | Apart from that one time when Gloria went off instead to cheer the King , Dot could n't remember a day when they had n't been to visit whatever hospital he was in . |
| 12 | I could n't remember a thing . |
| 13 | I decided the best thing to do was keep busy , so I tried to recall my antenatal classes — I could n't remember a thing . |
| 14 | ‘ I ran around 50 miles a week in training and was determined to be in good shape , I could n't remember a thing after 15-miles three years ago , ’ he said . |
| 15 | And I could n't remember it was forty four and my mind went totally blank and I had to walk out of the exam for over half an hour with a and I could n't remember a thing and went back in . |
| 16 | And er I erm I organised a lot of that sort of thing erm by er it was exact measurements and spindles and you know like Erm yes , I could n't remember a lot now but er a lot of people , if I might say so , used me you know , Michael , my knowledge and skill and I allowed them to and I 'm not complaining . |
| 17 | They could n't remember a time when they had been without it . |
| 18 | He could n't remember a time when going to bed with a woman had n't dulled his interest , acting almost inevitably as a cure for his fascination . |
| 19 | In all his career as a detective Dalgliesh could n't remember a piece of information from a witness more unwelcome and — there was no other word — more shocking . |
| 20 | Then her face changed and she told me something so terrible , so strange , so annihilating that I ca n't remember a word she said . |
| 21 | I can honestly say I ca n't remember a show I definitely did n't like doing , although I might have been in some that did n't turn out as I though they would . ’ |
| 22 | Fucking messing about something and I ca n't remember a thing about it . |
| 23 | And I ca n't remember a time when he said , ‘ Do n't play that ; play this . ’ |
| 24 | Looking back , I ca n't remember a time when I did n't love you . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’ |
| 26 | I bought this really expensive one , you know I was ca n't remember a wedding or something so I had to buy something . |
| 27 | Their voices are never raised in greeting — the whole week I ca n't remember a shout bar the occasional ‘ hola ’ . |
| 28 | On the Quakers ' goal of the season so far , he said : ‘ I ca n't remember a lot about the build up , but the ball sort of bounced just right and I let fly . |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't remember a horse so far ahead in the Grand National at this stage ! ’ enthused commentator Julian Wilson on BBC television as Crisp came to Becher 's Brook for the second time , still looking uncatchable : galloping relentlessly and jumping brilliantly , he was thirty lengths clear and showed no signs of flagging . |
| 30 | He says , " I can not remember a dream report which took the form , " Well , I was dreaming of such and such , but as I was dreaming this I was imagining a different scene which was completely unrelated . " " |