Example sentences of "could n't [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since they could n't talk about that , they preferred not to talk at all . |
| 2 | It was something that you just could n't talk about , it seemed weird — others would think it weird — liking the teacher like she did . |
| 3 | ‘ I just could n't talk about it . |
| 4 | ‘ He had a terrible problem which he could n't talk about but I want to sort it out for him . ’ |
| 5 | I ca n't think of anything we could n't talk about — money , our jobs , our antipathy towards our enemies . |
| 6 | Charlie , manager of a tit show with a little pimping on the side , could n't talk about sex without blushing . |
| 7 | She did n't mention Roman Wyatt — she could n't talk about him without wanting to scream . |
| 8 | I — could n't talk about it easily … |
| 9 | Er consequently we could n't talk about anything . |
| 10 | It had been such a traumatic , agonising time , even now she could n't talk about it without feeling pain . |
| 11 | Clothes were all very well , they were her father 's life and she knew that all the privileges she enjoyed were hers because of clothes and the stupendous success they had brought him , but she could n't care about them . |
| 12 | I could n't care about the insurance companies , although I love your where I choose . |
| 13 | You ca n't behave in 1905 as you could in the 1840s , I could n't rush about India doing good and performing wondrous deeds , it 's absurd — ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It was pouring with rain , but I could n't bother about that . |
| 15 | I felt like shit and I was trying so hard not to think of Lewis and Verity that I could n't think about anything else , but the day was fabulous ; clear and cold , the sky crystal blue and reflecting in the waters of hill-cupped lochans and the glinting length of Loch Add . |
| 16 | Her legs were shaking , and she could n't forget about that confrontation with Julius . |
| 17 | He could n't complain about Angela Foley . |
| 18 | Marjorie said , ‘ But surely , once your wife started to make money — she does make money , does n't she ? — surely your mother could n't complain about her being helpless any more ? ’ |
| 19 | Right now leave it there so Could n't see about |
| 20 | She could n't worry about breathing when she had to understand what fitzAlan was saying . |
| 21 | But surely the police could n't know about the burglary ? |
| 22 | Dana could n't know about Berenice ; she was n't heartless … she would n't want a life built on another woman 's misery . |
| 23 | At least they could n't know about her visit to Puddephat 's rooms . |
| 24 | ‘ I really could n't say about that . ’ |
| 25 | Now it 's clear the company could n't rise about the recession . |
| 26 | I 'm sure she has , she could n't hesitate about that . |