Example sentences of "[pers pn] could not [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought we 'd been getting on pretty well but as Father 's Day approached , Joe made it clear that I could n't hope to be any more than just second best |
| 2 | ‘ And frankly , I could n't disappear to the West Indies and leave you all in this mess with the business . ’ |
| 3 | I could n't bear to be married if I had n't … ‘ |
| 4 | ‘ In the end I could n't bear to be anywhere else , ’ she said , and added that if such practices had been going on in the islands as were alleged , everyone would have known about them . |
| 5 | At the time I could n't bear to be parted from my new little owl . |
| 6 | I could n't bear to be in its thrall for another day . |
| 7 | He just nodded as if he did n't want to speak , and then at the bottom ( it was vanity , I could n't bear to be lumped with Caroline ) I said , I 'm sorry my aunt said that at Kenwood . |
| 8 | How could I have possibly explained without hurting you that I could n't bear to be near you , because you no longer felt like my mother ? |
| 9 | I 'ave n't been back to Tyler 's 'ard from that day to this — I could n't bear to . |
| 10 | ‘ I could n't bear to be separated from Jeff for three weeks . |
| 11 | And I could n't bear to be with women I did like because it reminded me forcibly that they did n't turn me on . ’ |
| 12 | I could n't dance to it . |
| 13 | I could n't dance to it . |
| 14 | ‘ I could n't stand to be there . |
| 15 | I could n't talk to Mama in the same way as I 'm doing now . |
| 16 | And I could n't talk to mum and dad . |
| 17 | Like at home I could n't talk to my mum about it , and I could n't talk to my boyfriend about it . |
| 18 | Like at home I could n't talk to my mum about it , and I could n't talk to my boyfriend about it . |
| 19 | I could talk to you the way I could n't talk to anyone else . |
| 20 | ‘ Funny that , dear , I could n't talk to Lizzie , not to my own daughter . |
| 21 | It could have been Livesey , but I could n't swear to it . ’ |
| 22 | I could n't adapt to conditions in this country . |
| 23 | offered to call round if I could n't go to the meeting . |
| 24 | My limbs were managed and there was grit embedded all over my body , it was so painful , I could n't go to the loo and the Balinese maid had to give us sponge baths . |
| 25 | they 'd got ta be as I could n't go to them |
| 26 | I co I could n't I could n't go to work Monday and Friday , Monday to Friday and then spend all the weekend in the house and then just go to work Monday to Friday again , and do that week in and week out . |
| 27 | ‘ I could n't go to sleep . ’ |
| 28 | I could n't go to the disco , Mammy . ’ |
| 29 | Yeah , I mean what was nice in , in a way was that er I could n't go to the last meeting I was n't well , I had a cold er , what was nice in a way was that David who 's the general manager and the general manager from Pitlochry had come in , I mean in a way it was a classic case |
| 30 | Well I could n't go to the bottom of the table because of the Eeeuk ! |