Example sentences of "could n't [verb] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , I knew I could n't squat for fifteen minutes on a bed or a floor . |
| 2 | I could n't stay for one day . ’ |
| 3 | I could n't sleep for three days — I 'm not exaggerating . |
| 4 | Oh it is now yes , you 've got , I mean you 've got the service now have n't you and erm , but I like at St Margaret 's hospital I 'd been , I had been , I went in there to have my last boy , but they 're very , very good there they were , I 've not been in , I 've been in , I 've had treatment here for my hip and that up at Harlow but they would n't do the operation because of my blood clotting you see , so therefore I 've got to grin and bear it , I 've had eight years of it , I could n't walk for six months , but now I struggle and get around as I say with a couple of sticks I get round |
| 5 | I 'm sixty-one as it is and , truth told , I could n't work for one of them . ’ |
| 6 | I could n't read for ten minutes before . |