Example sentences of "could [not/n't] go [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father , my mother and I were often asked to spend Sunday afternoons in the country , but sometimes , unless a horse and cart were sent to collect us , we could not go because the families who invited us lived too far away . |
| 2 | I just knew there were certain places I could n't go because they were for blacks only , ’ he says . |
| 3 | I could n't go because I fell off my horse one day and broke my leg . |
| 4 | If any remain unsold , disabled supporters like Les Smith , who WAS told he COULD N'T go because of lack of space , MAY be in luck . |
| 5 | See you could n't go and have an a an a illegal a legal abortion in those days , it was all backstreet abortions . |
| 6 | She just knew that they we she could n't she could n't go and get any you know , anything on H P or whatever . |
| 7 | You know , if they could n't go and be a brick-layer , but they could sit at home , and you know , stick stamps on envelopes , or whatever , earn some money , then they might have to do that because they have n't got this plan . |
| 8 | and I think a but you could n't go and have a bath cos the water will be stone cold . |
| 9 | And I could n't go and vandalize something that was nice . |
| 10 | I says that 's got ta be Warren , it could n't be anybody else , so when I come down I went off like , well I tell ya I ca n't do it , so I knew it was so I picked up the wrong she says oh I 'm just ringing because you can see what the weather is she says and you could n't go and do a day in erm , with your |
| 11 | And he 's really getting frustrated cos he could n't go and then she said well no , you 've got ta do it ! |
| 12 | I just could n't go and get off with someone just for a joke , I could n't do it . |
| 13 | Jennie called me into the office and said that I could n't go as she had received a letter from my mother . |