Example sentences of "could n't [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I could n't even tell you that now . |
| 32 | Last year I had a place bet on the winner , I could n't even tell you what it was now . |
| 33 | she , she was , no , I do n't see why they had her on last night , terrible I mean I could n't even tell what |
| 34 | And you ask me any body 's names around here I could n't even tell you Sylvia 's name next door . |
| 35 | The pannier bags normally stay on , but this climb came only one day into the trip and with a fortnight 's food on board I could n't even lift my bike . |
| 36 | She got very worried when he could n't even lift his head . |
| 37 | and the men came , delivered the new ones and erm , one of them , er oh you said would you take the old one and they said , yeah , fine you know , dad said well it 'll take both of you , oh no , no , I can do that , he could n't even lift it you know cos they were so solid and two of them had a heck of a job did n't they ? |
| 38 | Jezrael could n't even lift her head to look because he 'd told her that eyes shine in the darkness ; as well light a beacon . |
| 39 | So for things to get better they had to get worse ; the worse they were the better they 'd be in the future ; they could n't even start to get better before they 'd started to go drastically downhill . |
| 40 | I mean time of physiological difference and strength needs of their strength that they could just about fire a and he could n't even pull them back and so they you know , fine if you wan na go hunting use the boat |
| 41 | He played two seasons for Transvaal ( in ‘ 87 he could n't even make the side ) but against them he was brilliant . |
| 42 | There were days when I could n't even walk . ’ |
| 43 | I could n't even walk up the stairs . |
| 44 | And I could n't even walk properly . ’ |
| 45 | I could n't even walk as fast as the kids , and standing for more than five minutes was impossible . |
| 46 | Joanne had torn a ligament so badly refereeing a basketball match that she was on morphine for a week after hospital surgery , and could n't even walk let alone play golf . |
| 47 | That 's the thing , apparent apparently I could n't even walk straight , and yet there 's me fucking climbing up the outside of a building , which to me sounds about right . |
| 48 | Do me a favour , Webley could n't even pass a mug of tea across the counter last season , let alone pass a ball . |
| 49 | A lot of them , of course , were so secret that Mr Marr could n't even show them to me . |
| 50 | They should be ashamed that their concentration could n't even last an hour . |
| 51 | She could n't even accuse him of laying a finger on her , since she was always fast asleep when he joined her in the large bed , and the twins arrived to wake her up in the morning . |
| 52 | I said OK — but when the letter arrived , they could n't even spell my name properly . |
| 53 | ‘ Siege ’ , in the front-page headline , had been misspelt as ‘ seige ’ , which caused Pilger opponents to fire back the ‘ Moron Sunday ’ jibe with racist jokes about stupid Ozzies who could n't even spell . |
| 54 | And being good at work too , it did n't seem fair on some of the others who had n't got the half of what you had , and could n't even spell or add . |
| 55 | She 'll come about , that was about five years ago and and she was talking about the schock and half , half the panel er da did n't even know , they could n't even spell it . |
| 56 | She could n't even eat with people she did n't like , and as for sleeping with anyone — unless she was wildly in love or pissed out of her mind she could n't do it . |
| 57 | Right now she could n't even face the thought of the long drive home — but a short rest would set her back on her feet again . |
| 58 | I tried to persuade her to go home , even suggested I go with her to talk to her parents but she could n't even face that . |
| 59 | He could n't even leave the stables to accompany us here over Christmas . |
| 60 | Peasley said , ‘ you could n't even spot the ball . ’ |