Example sentences of "[pron] could not just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't just walk out on them after three years with the organization . |
| 2 | She asked me for nothing more , she did n't want to cause me problems , but I could n't just walk away from her . |
| 3 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 4 | I could n't just leave it . |
| 5 | I — I could n't just go in and — and I had nowhere to go so … ’ |
| 6 | Yes , but mum , I could n't just go back and do like every show ! |
| 7 | I could n't just sit and watch them dying . ’ |
| 8 | Well I could n't just tell you honestly about that but I think the riveters decided who got what , you know . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd like to be busy and I could n't just stop my life after tennis . |
| 10 | ‘ I could n't just throw away all the work I 'd already done ! ’ |
| 11 | I could n't just have them standing at the back . |
| 12 | I 'd put them all in an old suitcase and erm , cos I could n't just put them in there I had to have a look , they 're sentimental and that book was in there so I can definitely get you that , but I would n't go up in the loft I 'm afraid , I 'm so scared of creepy crawlies so er , you know , if you , if you want to come back some time when my husband 's here I mean he can tell you more about the wallpaper and decorating , and I 'll get him to get that out . |
| 13 | I could n't just keep silent . |
| 14 | Caspar was shouting to her not to struggle , because it would only mean she would sink quicker , but Fenella was struggling fiercely , because she could not just give in . |
| 15 | On the other hand , she supposed she could n't just ignore it . |
| 16 | She could n't just ignore him in his own house and she had the nasty feeling that she would not have been able to ignore him anywhere . |
| 17 | She could n't just stand by ; it was all or nothing . |
| 18 | She could n't just leave Steve in the lurch after all they had done to get the business together . |
| 19 | ‘ But she could n't just go , like that . |
| 20 | But she could n't just walk out of the old woman 's life , not without preparing her first . |
| 21 | But she could n't just sit there and let him criticise her choice of friends . |
| 22 | It looked like a dull day outside but she could n't just sit in her room doing nothing . |
| 23 | She could n't just write him off . |
| 24 | She could n't just come out with it . |
| 25 | But she could n't just desert them , either ; for several members of the cast this play of Josh Thayer 's was the first decent break they 'd had , and she knew from dressing-room conversations just how much personal and emotional investment they 'd made in its success . |
| 26 | You could not just say , Christ will help you bear it . |
| 27 | You 'd need to , you could n't just bring somebody in . |
| 28 | You could n't just walk into it casually , as he had done , drop home from the office and decide to eradicate her on the spur of the moment . |
| 29 | Well there was always the parlour , you must have the parlour and er you , you had two living rooms and the one was the parlour and there was a cellar underneath the parlour and er the stairs used to come in from the back and go up , up the stairs over the entrance to the cellar but the stairs used to run up there underneath the stairs was the entrance to the cellar , there was a door , so that you could n't just walk down the cellar without opening the door you see , but apart from that there was er there was just the two , two bedrooms . |
| 30 | You could n't just clock off after your beat . |