Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and could n't clear it at the end of the quarter ? |
| 2 | Her own lips twitched and , even if his smile had n't made it , try as she might , she could n't hold hers in . |
| 3 | They could n't hold one with a defendant who was just a mangled lump of flesh . ’ |
| 4 | He captured the citadel but he only had a few troops with him and it was clear he could n't hold it for long , so he pushed on east past Excideuil into the Limousin , driving straight into the heartland of the rebel cause and devastating the country as he went . |
| 5 | Erm , we , we could n't nominate anyone at the A G M , no one was willing to do it . |
| 6 | ‘ I think that either Floy could n't leave them for some reason , or — ’ |
| 7 | You could n't leave them in those days because there was no social security . |
| 8 | He was right , but she could n't leave him like this . |
| 9 | But I could n't leave him like that , his back and legs bare . |
| 10 | But I could n't leave it at that . |
| 11 | ‘ Rose felt we could n't leave it until the morning . |
| 12 | No , I was n't gon na use it , I just could n't leave it in that boarding house for Rachel to unpack . |
| 13 | small room , you could n't leave anything on the walls so it would all be a come down at night , back up in the morning |
| 14 | We could n't bring her into the house because we had an old cat and we had no spare kennels , so that just left the caravan . |
| 15 | I knew lots of people had died , but could n't bring myself to … ’ |
| 16 | Could n't bring myself to . ’ |
| 17 | This type of guitar was something of a German speciality , as though the builders , while acknowledging the burgeoning ‘ beat boom ’ market of the time , could n't bring themselves to completely prostitute their art by simply cloning the famous electric guitars of America . |
| 18 | It was n't only that I could n't lift myself off the ground but that I was stuck to it in some way . |
| 19 | ‘ When my boyfriend tried to touch me , I could n't stand him to be near me . |
| 20 | staying open , I ai n't going , I ca n't handle it I said I just wan na get out , it was really like a sentence I just could n't stand it of course I laughed , me and Elaine went to the meeting same place , same wall and I kept looking at her and we brought you in here to say thanks , and Elaine looked at me and I looked at her and I said well if that 's all he 's got ta say I said I 'm not , I , what did I say to Elaine ? |
| 21 | ‘ You could n't stand it for a second . ’ |
| 22 | My mum could n't stand it in the end she sa let's get back to bomb there ! |
| 23 | ‘ There were some strands of a drugs story in California but the reporters could n't link it to smuggling from South America , which was the obvious line of enquiry . |
| 24 | He could n't disgrace himself in front of this woman . |
| 25 | ‘ Aye , come through into the kitchen , ’ Hari spoke guardedly and Emily could n't blame her for being suspicious . |
| 26 | You could n't blame him for losing his cool . ’ |
| 27 | I knew he was so incensed he could n't control himself ; I could n't blame him for the fury which inhabited him . |
| 28 | But even I could n't blame him for the phone ringing just as I was at the front door . |
| 29 | I used to think that I ought to do everything and then at least I could n't blame myself for not having done enough . |
| 30 | You 'd really need to see them to I mean I could n't explain it to you really . |