Example sentences of "i could [not/n't] [verb] [noun sg] " 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 | ‘ As Prime Minister , I could n't waste time having any internal arguments . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | I could n't speak French if I tried . |
| 6 | His lips moved , and some noises came out but I could n't make sense of them . |
| 7 | He said something and I could n't make sense of it |
| 8 | I could n't make head nor tail of this . |
| 9 | Rosie said something about keys but I could n't make head or tail of it . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I could n't leave Elinor on her own . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I left here , telling myself I could n't be lady Anne 's companion 'cos I could n't leave mama on her own . |
| 13 | And I could n't stand physics , I just sort of |
| 14 | I could n't stand chemistry anyway , could n't understand it at all , the atoms and the neutrons and all that . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | Oh I could n't eat chocolate in bed . |
| 17 | I could n't afford drink , so I resorted to Karen instead . |
| 18 | My boyfriend commented that surely I could n't lose weight eating so much food ! |
| 19 | ‘ I went from feeling useless because I could n't get work to feeling defiant . |
| 20 | I could n't get hold of Desmond Ingard , then I remembered Andrew Stavanger , whom , I must say , I trusted a good deal more . |
| 21 | Yes yes of co of course I was , but i could n't get hold of Dr and I thought well we 're gon na have to try it this way anyway at some stage . |
| 22 | I could n't get hold of him yesterday ! |
| 23 | ‘ But , as a loner , I could n't get trade discounts from the best fabric manufacturers . ’ |
| 24 | You know he 's going into the country so I 'm to go too and I 'll live nearby in a little room or a shed , for I 'm going to put my life in order , I 'm crazed with living in London and in the pubs and getting drunk every day , no wonder I could n't write poetry , for I could n't think . |
| 25 | ‘ But I could n't have surgery till after the baby is born could I ? ’ |
| 26 | Well , I looked a bit of a sight , but I thought well , well , you know , what else can I do , I mean I could n't take clothing to get changed in to . |
| 27 | " But I could n't take responsibility for them , " Mr. Mendez said . |
| 28 | ’ At first I felt I could n't take care of my own life , ’ she says , remembering a rocky past with its broken marriage , drink and drugs . |
| 29 | I could n't help contrast the boredom with United 's exhilarating 4–3 encounter with Liverpool some years back , also in Belfast . |
| 30 | ‘ I could n't help notice how pretty , charming and intelligent she was and we just clicked . |