Example sentences of "could not [vb infin] me [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Margaret , they could n't give me on just now . |
| 2 | Margaret , they could n't give me on just now . |
| 3 | Well they could n't let me in , they had to go by the door . |
| 4 | I told him he could n't push me around any more like a football from one job to another . |
| 5 | I fell a d do you remember we went before and I fell and I just sat there and I could n't , they , this erm woman and this man come to help me up and I could n't stop laughing , they could n't get me up . |
| 6 | ‘ Nonsense , Devlin is one of the most remarkable men I have ever known , but even he could n't get me out of this place . ’ |
| 7 | And er I was er one that was sorted out to go , but they would n't let me go because er I could n't get b they could n't get me back to work for seven o'clock on Monday morning . |
| 8 | it sort of er er gave them lee a , ladies leeway who wanted to work after they were married , some married and then could they come back well they could n't keep me on and not let them work you see , so oh yes it was mostly married women , there were a lot of married women there when I left , but erm it sort of set a precedent I suppose for , for them but it did , it did them some good really . |
| 9 | Ah ! rang , you should have said you could n't pick me up cos you 'd been to the pub . |