Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , we could n't leave this — vehicle — here , could we ? |
| 2 | She could n't stand this dark room another moment . |
| 3 | I could n't stand this ritual dance any longer and cautiously addressed the floor by the chargé 's feet . |
| 4 | He was er me mother 's chief objection to him , it was me father 's father , me mother 's chief objection was that he was always talking about revolutions and she could n't stand this you know . |
| 5 | ‘ Jenna is going back to Paris with me , ’ Alain stated firmly , and Jenna could n't stand this any longer . |
| 6 | She could n't stand this uncertainty any longer . |
| 7 | She could n't explain this , even to herself . |
| 8 | She could n't explain this so did n't try . |
| 9 | I could n't miss this , Watson , so I jumped into a third taxi . |
| 10 | She just could n't cope this afternoon . |
| 11 | I would , if I could n't do this . ’ |
| 12 | I could n't do this again . |
| 13 | Fleischmann and Pons could n't do this and Jones invited them to bring their ( working ! ) cells over to Brigham Young University so that his neutron spectrometer could measure a detailed spectrum . |
| 14 | Jim Bob , laughing , says that some of the crew are here , as much for him to talk to as for their tour responsibilities : ‘ Because if we were n't having a good time with our friends we could n't do this . ’ |
| 15 | I cried my eyes out , I felt so lost and lonely , he could n't do this to me , not after all he 'd said . |
| 16 | I got wet and then I got dry ! and we could n't do this job because of the weather . |
| 17 | They could n't do this to me ! |
| 18 | Right , now that 's what a decimal is a decimal is , that 's what a decimal is , and there are some people think we should write them like this , or you could n't , you could n't do this . |
| 19 | Well that women in yours other week that I could n't do this save , I 'm sorry sir but you 're under sixty five . |
| 20 | No , I said I could n't do this I did n't know . |
| 21 | but I sat down and we had n't actually done the lecture well I could n't do this other one because I did n't understand this |
| 22 | ‘ No , I could n't refuse this . |
| 23 | She could n't swallow this ‘ soft ’ line . |
| 24 | She could n't bear this . |
| 25 | She could n't bear this any longer , this toing and froing of his emotions , tossing her around as if she were in the eye of a tornado . |
| 26 | So er I thought well he , he was not a too good a rep because he , he could n't answer this question . |
| 27 | That you could n't feel this way with anyone else . ’ |
| 28 | Crisp , cool and deliciously feminine , we could n't resist this beautiful tailored suit in cotton/linen with pretty broderie anglaise detail . |
| 29 | I could n't resist this . |
| 30 | Next month he planned to retire from the army , but says he could n't resist this call to duty . |