Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [not/n't] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't stand me 'ome gettin' tore ter pieces , an' they 're so smelly , ’ she moaned . |
| 2 | I could n't pretend I was ill . |
| 3 | I have n't been able to drink actually , er I could n't get me |
| 4 | I could n't steal I could n't steal |
| 5 | Well I could n't take I could n't do nowt about it at all so I went to see t head of firm and Aye , he says , it 's bad , he says , we do n't know to do things like that . |
| 6 | Afterwards I could n't believe I had managed to say this ; I could n't believe that I 'd had the intelligence , the wit , the inspiration to come up with this perfect reply . |
| 7 | ‘ At the time I was convinced it was an allergic reaction to something because I could n't believe I could be suffering from acne at my age ’ . |
| 8 | I could n't believe I was sitting in church but that was the start of the road back . |
| 9 | ‘ I could n't believe I had the virus . |
| 10 | At this party , I rushed around like a student on the last day of school , confronting over and over again people 's incredulity and dismay at my impending departure , assuring them that I could n't believe I was leaving , exchanging addresses and agreeing to keep in touch until the end of time . |
| 11 | As I looked down I could n't believe I was being asked to attempt it . |
| 12 | I could n't believe I had done it ; I had reached the point in a trainee pilot 's training when he feels that he can now really get some flying under his belt and his flying really starts . |
| 13 | I could n't believe I 'd done it , and I felt just great . |
| 14 | So well Paul come out , I was talking to Steven and he said I come home last night and he said I could n't park me bloody car up cos there were cars everywhere , and they were all theirs . |
| 15 | I could n't know I 'd be on a murder case . " |
| 16 | But I could n't see me staying away all that time … not from you , and then probably being persuaded to follow their line and make America my home . |
| 17 | I could n't see I was so |
| 18 | ‘ Is it any wonder that , while I might have been too hard-headed to accept what is happening to me , I could not deny I actually felt my heart give a tug that night ? ’ |
| 19 | I could not believe I had actually done it . |
| 20 | I could not believe I was not the only one and it was such a relief . |
| 21 | Slaven said after the game : ‘ I could not believe I was not on the substitutes ’ bench . ’ |
| 22 | I find they resemble grit and taste the same — even the health store from which I bought them could not enlighten me . |
| 23 | Initially she went right back to the age of four and , although she could not tell me what year it was , she did know that there was a queen called Victoria . |
| 24 | She could not convince me at the time that anything bad could happen , now that I had finally ‘ solved ’ my eating problems , and for a short time I felt jubilant , relieved and ecstatic . |
| 25 | She could n't protect me , could she ? |
| 26 | She said she could n't tell me because you would probably get it out of me , snake that you are . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Well , she could n't leave me then , ’ Peter replied . |
| 28 | She could n't give me times , dates , anything . |
| 29 | No , she could n't give me erm the the , the one |
| 30 | ‘ In the end she had to realise she could n't manipulate me — that I did n't love her and never had in the true sense of the word . |