Example sentences of "could n't understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't understand why I 'd not been killed when there were so many others who … |
| 2 | So I jumped in , eloquently I thought , to second Niall 's resolution , to be released to the press if agreed : that the Labour Party should make annual contributions to the IRA — Yes I did - I was in a wonderful whirl , you see , the whole ant-heap had suddenly become vivid , and , um , deconstructable ; I forgot Wat Tyler and Keir Hardie , and saw rich and poor as it all is today , internationally struggling , the classes — well , you could n't understand … |
| 3 | However , this sensation evaporated as soon as I looked out of the window , when I realized how imprisoned I was by my ignorance , which Aisha seized upon , exploiting the fact that I did n't know how to flush the toilet , work the shower , turn on the oven or boil the electric kettle to make tea , and that I could n't understand what her older child or her next-door neighbour said . |
| 4 | I could n't understand how these moments had become frozen in time like that . |
| 5 | But on one mysterious occasion the sado-manager waived the rules and waved us in : we could n't understand this behaviour at all , but took up the offer nevertheless , putting it down to grown-up inconsistency . |
| 6 | He could n't understand why he did n't recall it himself . |
| 7 | We 'd been friends for so long , we could n't understand what was happening . ’ |
| 8 | She made a very positive effort to be the right kind of person to be around — in other words , she was not a liability , she was an asset , an extremely good cook and a very good organiser , and having discovered that we both went to the same school in Switzerland where French was the main language taught , we would enjoy talking to each other in French , much to the annoyance of David who could n't understand the language . ’ |
| 9 | They could n't understand it in English , but they 'd hear their names to these kind of bouncy 60's tunes and loved David . |
| 10 | She said she could n't understand him but she could . |
| 11 | He could n't understand it . |
| 12 | Then Dot could n't understand what was going on . |
| 13 | They told her she was lucky , but Dot could n't understand how . |
| 14 | She could n't understand what had gone wrong : she thought , at first , of joining that little knot of onlookers to see if she could find out more . |
| 15 | SHe could n't understand Tammuz' mania for disguise , given that nobody knew about what he had discovered , except for his friends below . |
| 16 | SHe could n't understand how , when he was clearly so wound up and frantic about his daughter 's development , he could stop himself from taking part in it . |
| 17 | What he could n't understand was , if Tammuz was Ewan , as he suspected , why he had kept away from the girl . |
| 18 | Merely by shutting his door if it was open , North would add to the intrigue of meetings : ‘ and when the meeting was over , I still could n't understand why the door was shut and what the intrigue was ’ said a visiting official , puzzled ; ‘ it was in my mind 's eye a social call . ’ |
| 19 | You see , Toscanini was not a bad man ; he was so musically dedicated and disciplined himself that he simply could n't understand that some people can play a false note or play out of time . |
| 20 | ‘ Suppose someone could n't understand why you did n't arrest Harry , particularly in view of all the hounding in the papers , and decided to remove any doubts you might be showing ? ’ |
| 21 | I could n't understand it or analyse it , but it was there . |
| 22 | Endill could n't understand what he was doing wrong . |
| 23 | ‘ I could n't understand half what she was on about , but either I 'll be learning or she 'll be giving up on me . |
| 24 | Morrissey could n't understand why people ( men in particular ) were terribly afraid of emotionalism . |
| 25 | Peggy could n't understand this at all , but when the police-sergeant was taken into the house it was explained . |
| 26 | She could n't understand why we had done such a thing . |
| 27 | When the keeper came up to check on the Spectacled Bears , she could n't understand that Omero and Minky were trying to tell her that Sam was ill , she just saw that he was curled up in a ball and would n't move . |
| 28 | ‘ I wear a hearing aid and only the other day I could n't understand what my helper was saying . |
| 29 | We could n't understand it when we got back home , our mothers cooking us eggs and bacon . |
| 30 | We could n't understand a blind thing when she tried to explain to us . |