Example sentences of "i could [not/n't] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even I could n't will wakefulness with complete success , and the events of those nights soon began to affect my day-time behaviour . |
| 2 | ca just can play that , I could n't do recorders that well ? |
| 3 | ‘ As Prime Minister , I could n't waste time having any internal arguments . |
| 4 | At the back of my mind was a small , warning voice , telling me it was ridiculous to go on with this , that I could n't change Nonni 's mind , nor would it alter anything if I could . |
| 5 | Erm on , on yours in fact I could n't check sequence erm on the programme that you 'd given me because I did n't , I , I had know way of telling whether we did get a clash . |
| 6 | I had already got some friends who came from my primary school but I realized that I could n't stay friends forever with them . |
| 7 | because I could n't speak English at all , I speak the , I could read a paper or a book , I du n no what is all about , but I used to get because you got on it for instant like mm |
| 8 | I could n't speak French if I tried . |
| 9 | I could n't make friends so I went around by myself , did things by myself . |
| 10 | His lips moved , and some noises came out but I could n't make sense of them . |
| 11 | He said something and I could n't make sense of it |
| 12 | I could n't make head nor tail of this . |
| 13 | Rosie said something about keys but I could n't make head or tail of it . ’ |
| 14 | There was some sort of monitor with dials which I could n't make head nor tail of , two drip stands with tubes — one lot going up her nose , the other into her arm — and her right leg was coated in plaster and suspended in mid air by a pulley contraption on which the Spanish Inquisition probably held the patent . |
| 15 | I 've got a very stubborn streak and I discovered that I could n't bear people telling me what I could and could n't eat . |
| 16 | I could n't leave Elinor on her own . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I left here , telling myself I could n't be lady Anne 's companion 'cos I could n't leave mama on her own . |
| 18 | Kate sighed ‘ Anyway , I could n't stop James , even if I wanted to . |
| 19 | And I could n't stand physics , I just sort of |
| 20 | I could n't stand chemistry anyway , could n't understand it at all , the atoms and the neutrons and all that . |
| 21 | I mean I ca n't in , I like to shut my door , I mean I do n't mind people coming to visit me but I could n't stand people in and out , in and out my house all day , that would crack me up . |
| 22 | I had no wish to marry anyone now that I could n't marry Nour , but I was particularly averse to the idea of marrying my mother . |
| 23 | I was almost ready to tell him I could n't face Quigley on my own . |
| 24 | ‘ I could n't face Anna 's aunt Beryl — she hates me — or Cathy Carne either , for that matter . ’ |
| 25 | I decided that in my present state I could n't face Moscow , and having discovered about the hot , spring baths of Budapest and the chess players who stand in water at 76 degrees Celsius , leisurely moving the pieces , decided that it was the place for me . |
| 26 | I prodded with my pole , but somehow the current made it cling , and I found I could n't shake Casey away . |
| 27 | Mrs Short : I could n't handle George at weekends if he was away all week . |
| 28 | ‘ I told the police I would take them off in this country , but that I could n't give confirmation I would n't use them abroad . ’ |
| 29 | Then school started and I could n't wear pyamas to school so I wore my trousers and tops … when they saw them they ( the other wives ) said ‘ Oh ! that wo n't do ! |
| 30 | Obviously I could n't wear tops that were short which would show where the belt was , so that summer was terrible . |