Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] could not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You told me I could n't stay in the woods , ’ said the boy calmly . |
| 2 | Co when our Carl was showing it me I could n't believe it ! |
| 3 | " He kept telling me I could n't get pregnant the first time , but I did . " |
| 4 | Once the idea took hold of me I could n't rid myself of it . ’ |
| 5 | The organiser had hysterics , telling me I could n't cancel as I was the biggest name on the bill . |
| 6 | ‘ I am dumbfounded that Ferguson tells me I could n't have spoken to Edwards , but the person I feel really sorry for is Gary Bull . |
| 7 | ‘ But Steve Coppell told me I could n't have him until he found a replacement . |
| 8 | If the man had struck me I could n't have felt worse . |
| 9 | ‘ One or two people came in , but nothing I could n't cope with . |
| 10 | ‘ They were a bit wild in the studio , but nothing I could n't handle ! ’ he laughs . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , she called me a tart , a gold-digger , nothing I could n't handle , ’ she murmured . |
| 12 | There was a bit of chafing there , but nothing I could n't handle . |
| 13 | ‘ Nothing I could n't take , ’ he replied , with the same arrogant grin . |
| 14 | During my term of office I hope to introduce all of you to the ‘ Team ’ who are the driving force behind the Society — Friends without whom I could not manage ! |
| 15 | ‘ Right , ’ said a small , fat man in the front row whom I could not remember ever having seen before . |
| 16 | ‘ But when I saw them I could n't believe how clean they were — and they 'd recovered all the pieces . |
| 17 | There was a look of betrayal in her small , moony eyes , and as I looked into them I could n't help feeling a sense of guilt . |
| 18 | Without them I could not have completed my course . |
| 19 | It 's ba , yes , I I could n't give you an answer , because I I I |
| 20 | Erm , well I I could n't speak for the latter two programmes cos I do n't know enough about the arrangements there but I have got a a fair amount of knowledge on both tornado and Eurofighter . |
| 21 | I I could n't tell you that . |
| 22 | We did get a bit of u of er union pay then I I could n't tell you how much it was but it was n't very much , but er |
| 23 | Er I I could n't tell you off the top of me head I because I was working on it till half past midnight . |
| 24 | I I could n't tell you the exact number but it was over a hundred shops in Edinburgh . |
| 25 | Oh I I could n't agree more . |
| 26 | But I I could n't get over you know , I say , I had a quick look the other at Marks you know , to even do the Christmas serviettes they 're doing a lot more and they said if people are n't buying as much on the clothes side erm so they they 've come down , I mean now I can get erm come over , and I said you 've never looked at Marks I said you never buy clothes , I said have a look in Marks , I said they do some really lovely |
| 27 | You got ta prove , well I I could n't see |
| 28 | And if there 's no work and if there 's no means by which people can get themselves you know those sorts of basic things but you know I 'm not gon na si I I could n't say that the whole structure is going to ch change becau but I think erm I hope anyway and I do believe really that er I mean I hope that we 're going to stay together as a support group in some sort of form and Yes and there 's no way that we 're not going to support other causes in the way that we 've been supported . |
| 29 | Yeah , I I could n't buy , buy the one disk . |
| 30 | I I could n't believe it really I w Who would do such a You know , why ? |