Example sentences of "could n't [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew she could n't swim so it was obvious she drowned . ’ |
| 2 | The iron grip Guy had used to subdue her had relaxed into a hold that now cradled rather than constrained , and yet she could n't lift so much as a finger to defend herself , could barely summon the will to press her face harder against the bed in a futile attempt to escape that warm , spine-tingling touch . |
| 3 | We could n't go so easily to theatre , opera or ballet , for it was painful for Michael to remain long in one position . |
| 4 | Then she could n't go so I did n't go on my own . |
| 5 | Though I could n't go so far as to say that service was included as all the waiters seemed interested in was getting the lights off so they could dance with Sorrel . |
| 6 | I could n't sleep so I thought I might as well get going . ’ |
| 7 | So in the end I went upstairs , left Tony to it and I came back down and I tried to go to sleep again , I put me coat over me head and I could n't sleep so I moved . |
| 8 | Hunt says in his autobiography that he thinks Audetto did n't withdraw his protest because he could n't do so without consulting the old primadonna of Maranello . |
| 9 | ‘ I am so certain of my place here that I would have resigned anyway , and now I have good reason three times over … my nerve had already failed twice , and could n't do so again … . ’ |
| 10 | and you could n't do so be quiet ! |
| 11 | What I can also tell you is that Lucy 's engaged the erm British Cast Iron Research Association to carry out a survey , and they tried to repeat the circumstances of the explosion , and they could n't do so . |
| 12 | Surely the news could n't travel so fast ; but even as she emerged from the restaurant , the night manager was hovering in the foyer with a vague , Oh-shit-don't-tell-me look on his face . |
| 13 | He just could n't stop so he swerved out you see and lost control |
| 14 | safest , reputation , so he could n't do it , he could n't change so , I 've been there . |
| 15 | Or if they were told that they could n't get so and so , that was it . |
| 16 | Well when you had your grab , you used to lower it on the deck of the , deck of the erm trawler and when you open your grab , that much , a lot of it hold up in the grab you see , you could n't get so of course when you did take your grab up , lot of it went over the side . |
| 17 | In her heart of hearts Celia knew that she had n't really come to terms with her condition at all , but she could n't say so point-blank to Alison . |
| 18 | St Andrew 's nearly killed both of us , in various ways , but Peter could n't say so . |
| 19 | As Rune laughed at her discomfort she was filled with a sudden urge to fling herself at him : wipe the laughter from his face , annihilate the sudden disarming dimples which had appeared beneath his lean cheeks , seal his mouth so that the corners could n't turn so distractingly upwards at her expense . |
| 20 | I asked Nicola and she could n't remember so |
| 21 | And have a tiny back yard because otherwise they could n't cram so many boxes onto the site . |
| 22 | He got lost in Istanbul and I could n't wait so I went on without him . ’ |
| 23 | Once she started writing her a letter and had filled a sheet of paper before she realized that Maggie could n't read so there was no sense in sending it . |