Example sentences of "i could not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relief was superb but I could n't move at all . |
| 2 | I could n't move like that . |
| 3 | But I could n't move from Glesca . |
| 4 | I could n't care less whether I go dancing or not me |
| 5 | I could n't care about the insurance companies , although I love your where I choose . |
| 6 | I spent two years in Washington trying to be a surgeon , but I could n't settle in the States . ’ |
| 7 | And I says oh God no I could n't sit between , she says I swear they 'll not know you 're doing it . |
| 8 | I could n't sit through it . |
| 9 | it got on my wick the bitchiness of it all , did n't you , I could n't , I could n't do with it Joy I do n't think |
| 10 | I could n't do with it now |
| 11 | cos I could n't do without it |
| 12 | Er and obviously we 'll , we 'll we 'll get the response erm a a as it were but erm that 's something I could n't , I could n't answer at this particular time . |
| 13 | I thought we 'd been getting on pretty well but as Father 's Day approached , Joe made it clear that I could n't hope to be any more than just second best |
| 14 | But it was one I could n't wake from . |
| 15 | There were several " things that I could n't change on my own . |
| 16 | I could n't stay for one day . ’ |
| 17 | But he admitted : ‘ I could n't stay with his pace and I had to get away and look after myself . ’ |
| 18 | I could n't stay with the Sisters because of Andrew ; it would be betraying their trust . |
| 19 | She said I could n't stay with her , that her aunty was in the house , things like that , so I had nowhere to go . |
| 20 | I could n't stay with him any longer : there was no more time . |
| 21 | ‘ I could n't stay at the house … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ When the children are out at school I could n't stay at home all day , ’ she says . |
| 23 | I could n't stay in Holloway because there was n't room for sentenced women . |
| 24 | ‘ You told me I could n't stay in the woods , ’ said the boy calmly . |
| 25 | I started to feel I could n't stay in the same room as you . |
| 26 | I try to think of something smart to say to hide the fact that I 'm beaten , and finally come out with a pathetic ‘ I could n't stay in this stink without puking on the carpet . |
| 27 | ‘ I could n't stay in hospital because I knew he was there , ’ said the father-of-one . |
| 28 | I could n't stay in the centre , there was n't space in the centre |
| 29 | Of course , I could n't reach for my gun . |
| 30 | I was so disappointed that I could n't speak at the final whistle . ’ |