Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [not/n't] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Ultimately I could n't care less what happens , ’ he says .
2 I could n't care less what 's happened to him . ’
3 The pilot thought the size of the gray-green boxes , ‘ seven metres long and one meter wide ’ was familiar , somehow ; but ‘ as long as you do n't open the boxes , you do n't know what you have … it is blessed by the government when it is being loaded , so I could n't care less what it is . ’
4 I mean David 's talking about the leaf stem I could n't care less about the leaf stem I 'm with most people I understand that Councillor Barry Jackson 's offered to look after it in his garden cos he likes it and he 's welcome to do that .
5 I do I could n't care less what you are Iris
6 when we found his glasses and that and things they were all buried and , and Peter said to me I 've got this of John 's , I brought Jonathan 's , I could n't care less as long as I 've got John you know
7 I could n't care less about it .
8 I could n't do much , but my mind was free and clear .
9 As a teenager , Sonique was an athlete for the North London borough of Haringay , after which she tried working nine to five but ‘ I could n't do that and be as free as I wanted ’ .
10 I could n't do that at the start .
11 I was n't too keen on this cheek to cheek business , with men I 'd never seen before and did n't know the names of , but I kept on telling myself not to be standoffish and to relax a bit , but as for jiving — no , I could n't do that .
12 I could n't do that . ’
13 I wanted to touch her and make her better but I realised I could n't do that .
14 Oh no , I could n't do that .
15 I could n't do that . ’
16 I could n't do that in Russia because of the long journey . ’
17 And there was a funny silence and Dylan said that he 'd bet I could n't do that scream like that with a cigarette in my mouth and I shook off the centuries , stopped staring , smiled a little , noted that he had indeed monumentally screamed with a cigarette in his mouth and went stunned back to my crossword . ’
18 I could n't do that on the 500 .
19 I 'm not into that Angela , I could n't do that !
20 No I could n't do that .
21 I could n't do that to Stephen , ’ she said , uneasily conscious that Elaine had too high an opinion of her .
22 Well , I could n't do that , but I painted a watercolour of the churchyard and put him in front of it , and painted that …
23 I could n't do that properly at first , but Mr Dowson came to show me how , telling me to pull a lot harder .
24 I could n't do that .
25 I could n't do that , not that I want to .
26 ‘ I first investigated the possibility of studying for an occupational health certificate in 1975 , but at that time the only way that this could be achieved was by full-time studying and I could n't do that because of family commitments .
27 ‘ Oh no , I could n't do that . ’
28 I could n't do that , I mean , I had responsibilities and if I had time I 'd remember what they were .
29 I could n't do that er with the officer who had the shield .
30 ‘ No , no , I could n't do that .
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