Example sentences of "could n't [vb infin] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And you feel you could n't tolerate that ? ’ the counsellor asked Peter . |
| 2 | He could n't disguise that . |
| 3 | There are drawbacks to the house and sometimes we think about moving again , but I know that I could n't leave that garden . ’ |
| 4 | Similarly for Locke we 're in this world , sent by God about his business , the business is , in very general terms , to flourish and multiply this means , well that is the reason why we have certain rights , the right to life , the right to liberty , the right to property because if we did n't have these rights we could n't fulfil that obligation . |
| 5 | ‘ Ten men could n't lift that huge box ! ’ said another . |
| 6 | Even her father could n't exert that kind of power over her . |
| 7 | ‘ It may be full of Oldest Inhabitants who 'd want to tell us all the local history for the past hundred years , and I really could n't stand that ! |
| 8 | She could n't stand that . |
| 9 | I could n't stand that hospital any longer , and I 'm much happier here at home . |
| 10 | Because I could n't stand that suffocating atmosphere of the ‘ done ’ thing and the ‘ right ’ people and the ‘ nice ’ behaviour . |
| 11 | I could n't stand that . |
| 12 | And I could n't stand that . |
| 13 | Actually I could n't stand that , I do n't think ! |
| 14 | He could n't link that final event with Sylvie . |
| 15 | We could n't sense that , a few hundred feet above us up the ridge , David Simpson 's and Jane Lapiner 's house had shaken apart , that rocks had thundered down the cliff face opposite my house , that a mile to the north at the precise moment that we were walking through Jim 's house and I was spreading out the blueprints on the hood of my car to continue our conversation , an overturned electric coffee pot in the Petrolia store had already started a blaze that would finish off the store and our adjoining post office in about 45 minutes . |
| 16 | Could n't handle that any more . |
| 17 | He reckons I ai n't got the could n't handle that one over there he reckons . |
| 18 | Could n't handle that one . |
| 19 | Oh I could n't handle that . |
| 20 | And I was told that he was going to die shortly , and that if I wished , the measures that they were using with the respirator could be removed at my request , because he was in a terminal stage ; it was just a matter of time , and I really felt that I could n't make that decision myself . |
| 21 | Either way , he could n't make that dame out . |
| 22 | Er and at the end of the quarter I could n't pay that , then obviously you got no dividend on it because you still owed them that hundred pounds , but they would take the book away so you could n't get any more . |
| 23 | I could n't dream that . |
| 24 | ‘ I feel perfectly safe , ’ she said very firmly , and hoped he could n't tell that was an outright lie . |
| 25 | She could n't face that . |
| 26 | She could n't face that again . |
| 27 | I could n't watch that ! |
| 28 | You could n't watch that . |
| 29 | ‘ I could n't wear that , ’ she said indignantly . |
| 30 | I could n't sleep that night . |