Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew lots of people had died , but could n't bring myself to … ’ |
| 2 | Could n't bring myself to . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He could n't disgrace himself in front of this woman . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She could n't give herself to Ahmed and could n't keep herself for me , you understand . ’ |
| 8 | A short time later he could n't prevent himself from asking whether she did n't love him just a little . |
| 9 | It was too late , I could n't prevent myself from eidetiking Mr Broadhurst 's unusual caduceus , the one he had made out of an old TV aerial garnished with flex , and I could n't prevent myself from reading on : |
| 10 | It was too late , I could n't prevent myself from eidetiking Mr Broadhurst 's unusual caduceus , the one he had made out of an old TV aerial garnished with flex , and I could n't prevent myself from reading on : |
| 11 | We got on very well together and when after only two months with the company my immediate boss — the marketing manager , a sallow individual with a Solihull whine — suffered a perforated ulcer ( I could n't prevent myself from eidetiking this , the wall of his duodenum like a rusty car door , sharp flakes of oxidised tissue spearing into him ) , I got his job . |
| 12 | She could n't prevent herself from bursting out laughing . |
| 13 | ‘ And missed Nicole 's visit ? ’ she could n't prevent herself from asking any more than she could prevent the edge that had entered her voice . |
| 14 | Even now he could n't stop himself from making a comic routine out of it : looking at his fingers , his face screwed up in disgust , pretending that he 'd found something unspeakably revolting in the depths of his pocket . |
| 15 | He could n't stop himself from shuddering . |
| 16 | ‘ Eric was so surprised he could n't stop himself from crying . |
| 17 | ‘ I just could n't stop myself from getting involved in the brawl . |
| 18 | But he kept on talking , and I could n't stop myself from hearing . |
| 19 | Midnight did n't reply , but Jess could n't stop herself from saying : ‘ He were , but he ai n't no longer . |
| 20 | Jessamy was so shaken by his quietly spoken reply that she could n't stop herself from over-reacting . |
| 21 | Jessamy could n't stop herself from moving restlessly . |
| 22 | Kate hugged her mother in return , grateful for the warm body contact between them , but she could n't stop herself from crying . |
| 23 | Even in her weary state , she could n't stop herself from wriggling self-consciously . |
| 24 | People who wanted information from him were noting his silence and making their judgments accordingly ; his life seemed to be funnelling down into a pit like so much waste water , and yet he could n't stir himself to the right kind of action . |
| 25 | This was obviously not a state of affairs which could continue indefinitely and , although I knew as much at the time , I could n't will myself into sleep . |
| 26 | Yet she could n't lose herself in the story ; the movements of Luke 's hand as he made lightning sketches , the lazy , sinuous stretching of his legs as he shifted his position impinged upon her concentration , and she found herself reading the same page over and over . |
| 27 | He had , he knew his stuff obviously , but he — I mean the fact , the way looked on Goudy and that whole thing , he just could n't take himself beyond that certain . |
| 28 | I 'd closed my eyes while she was cutting so I could n't see myself in the mirror . |
| 29 | When I thought about it clearly I could n't see myself in that role . ’ |
| 30 | Nevertheless , she could n't imagine herself in any form of intimacy with her employer , much as she liked him . |