Example sentences of "[pers pn] could not [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I could n't yet leave the phone and dash into the other room and give it to Sally . |
| 2 | I could n't yet hear the jungle drums that told you where to go on any particular day . |
| 3 | I could n't yet see how the city worked , but I began to find out . |
| 4 | I was sure that I 'd be safe from then when I finally emerged from the city on the far side — it was n't likely that rats would abe allowed too close to the Divine Sanctum — but I could n't yet see any sign of a far side . |
| 5 | But I could n't honestly ask for that because it was n't the purpose of our plan . |
| 6 | Well , I did keep pressing the Program/Channel button instead of the program decrement button , which puts the TriAxis into MIDI Channel mode and I could n't immediately work out how to get back to Program mode . |
| 7 | My mind was so wrapped round with skeins of my own distant past that I could n't immediately come to grips with the demands of the present . |
| 8 | There were days when I could n't even walk . ’ |
| 9 | I could n't even walk up the stairs . |
| 10 | And I could n't even walk properly . ’ |
| 11 | I could n't even walk as fast as the kids , and standing for more than five minutes was impossible . |
| 12 | That 's the thing , apparent apparently I could n't even walk straight , and yet there 's me fucking climbing up the outside of a building , which to me sounds about right . |
| 13 | I could n't even pretend that I wanted them ! |
| 14 | Not only was the vocabulary well beyond me , but I could n't even tell what my instructor was driving at . |
| 15 | I could n't even tell you that now . |
| 16 | Last year I had a place bet on the winner , I could n't even tell you what it was now . |
| 17 | she , she was , no , I do n't see why they had her on last night , terrible I mean I could n't even tell what |
| 18 | And you ask me any body 's names around here I could n't even tell you Sylvia 's name next door . |
| 19 | ‘ Lisa was in constant agony , but I could n't even comfort her or give her a cuddle because of the plaster . ’ |
| 20 | Not only was I unable to help with the work , I could n't even care for the family 's tools . |
| 21 | I could n't always swi , I could n't even switch a light till |
| 22 | I could n't even manage the children — friends took them for odd days . |
| 23 | I could n't even manage it at Bury . |
| 24 | I could n't even manage the simplest of manipulations involving extra-sensory perception . |
| 25 | I could n't even bite off a sliver . ’ |
| 26 | that 's what Bev said I could n't even think who Belle the dog was and dad had to remind me |
| 27 | The pannier bags normally stay on , but this climb came only one day into the trip and with a fortnight 's food on board I could n't even lift my bike . |
| 28 | I was a bad wife , I could n't even cook or look after his clothes . |
| 29 | I could n't even go out because I was in such a state . |
| 30 | I could n't even go to the toilet without her . |