Example sentences of "could not [vb infin] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Home Country could not detain me long . |
| 2 | To be sure you are Lucifer himself in the shape of my master or you could not use me thus , and I beg you 'll send me out of my way to my poor parents . |
| 3 | I soon knew so much they could not deny me any longer ! |
| 4 | ‘ Well , she could n't leave me then , ’ Peter replied . |
| 5 | I could n't stand me 'ome gettin' tore ter pieces , an' they 're so smelly , ’ she moaned . |
| 6 | could n't take me so I |
| 7 | I could n't stick it and they could n't find me anywhere else , so I took off . |
| 8 | He was really going to buy cigars at the shop next door , but I saw the sugar mice in the window and he could n't get me away until he came in and bought some . |
| 9 | He could n't thank me enough " . |