Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , she could n't leave me then , ’ Peter replied . |
| 2 | I could n't stand me 'ome gettin' tore ter pieces , an' they 're so smelly , ’ she moaned . |
| 3 | Margaret , they could n't give me on just now . |
| 4 | Margaret , they could n't give me on just now . |
| 5 | My mother was still unconscious in hospital and they could n't tell me when or if she might recover . |
| 6 | Then on June 15th I went to John 's from work and was told Clare had had an accident , but he could n't tell me how serious . |
| 7 | could n't take me so I |
| 8 | Well they could n't let me in , they had to go by the door . |
| 9 | I could n't stick it and they could n't find me anywhere else , so I took off . |
| 10 | I told him he could n't push me around any more like a football from one job to another . |
| 11 | He was really going to buy cigars at the shop next door , but I saw the sugar mice in the window and he could n't get me away until he came in and bought some . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He could n't thank me enough " . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Ah ! rang , you should have said you could n't pick me up cos you 'd been to the pub . |