Example sentences of "[pron] could n't [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't make her out . ’ |
| 2 | I saw you staring at Francis ; I could n't make it out . ’ |
| 3 | And I said I could n't make it out at first . |
| 4 | yes tiny little place , and it was , it was n't totally satisfactory initially in that they erm , they left it with some sort of erm cock up , I could n't wind it up , there was something wrong with the crown click , or something of the sort , when I got it back , so I had to take it back again , but otherwise they seemed to be people who are well aware of watches in the best sense and eh , he said this is a an excellent movement and eh far better than the ones I normally see . |
| 5 | So I could n't jack it in when things were going well . |
| 6 | I did n't see that last flush , I could n't ba , I could n't sort them out . |
| 7 | I mean I remember when I went , first went to my cheap caravan site where there is n't a toilet and you have to walk to the toilets , and I remember a couple of times when I was little , shitting my pants on the way to the toilets , you know , cos I could n't hold it in . |
| 8 | I kept starting new regimes , then finding I could n't give them up . |
| 9 | Grace commented , ‘ Robbie is a lovely dog and I could n't give him up now , but I would never have dreamt that rescuing a dog could cause me to lose my home . |
| 10 | for whom that I had to decide whether I was going to marry him or give him up and decided I could n't give him up so I married him and was extremely happy and was shattered when he died and I , I , a , it went from you know I , I never real , thought I would be as happy , could be as happy as I was |
| 11 | I could n't bring him back here — that would be taking too much advantage of Helen — and I could n't spend my nights over at Robert 's practice , where Ian lives . ’ |
| 12 | So I could n't bring it in ? |
| 13 | Well , I can get it past there but I could n't lift it up . |
| 14 | I could n't figure her out . |
| 15 | In fact , I could n't work her out at all . |
| 16 | I could n't work it out . |
| 17 | Oh it was just erm cos it said about , cos I could n't work it out cos he said about a reference which was |
| 18 | No that , yeah , that 's , I could n't work it out because |
| 19 | I could n't work it out . |
| 20 | Ca n't be bad cos I could n't work it out ! |
| 21 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 22 | I could n't get them on they wo n't fit . |
| 23 | The kids had already been put in voluntary care due to the car crash and I could n't get them back until three months after I came out . |
| 24 | No , no I could n't get them out the |
| 25 | I could n't get mine out of the packet |
| 26 | Oh er telly 's got a buzz on it and I could n't get it off , I think I made it worse . |
| 27 | But I was so nervous I could n't get it out properly . |
| 28 | But I could n't get it out of my mind . ’ |
| 29 | I could n't get it out of them who had paid for her , but old Alex the cleaner told me on the side : Boswell , Slim Boswell . ’ |
| 30 | I could n't get it out of my mind . |