Example sentences of "[conj] i could [not/n't] [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she announced she was leaving at the end of the term , I felt this to be the final betrayal , although I could not blame her , even then . |
| 2 | first , my mother 's allergy meant she would sneeze every time she came near the owl , and , secondly , my little sister was so fascinated by Dawn that I could n't keep her away . |
| 3 | ‘ I spoke to Robert — he called Dawn and she became so hysterical that I could n't understand her . |
| 4 | She was so worried and scared of me that I could n't reward her when she did something right and , obviously , telling her off was out of the question . |
| 5 | I have to say that I regret deeply , deeply that I could not persuade her to make a film of Tosca . |
| 6 | But the priest said she could not live till morning , so I could not leave her . ’ |
| 7 | The marriage brought neither of us happiness , especially when my lady wife insisted on hiding in one castle or the other so I could not follow her . ’ |
| 8 | And I could n't reassure her enough , more than saying ‘ No , I have never had an affair with your husband ’ . |
| 9 | And I could n't bring her either , she would n't have it , and she would n't have made it anyway . |
| 10 | What the proctors would give — she was scared , and I could n't blame her . |
| 11 | dearly she was disenchanted with her bride groom and I could n't blame her . |
| 12 | She keeps giving me clothes — ; not this dear old awful thing , Mrs McPhee at home made this — and making me practise manners and the piano and I could n't tell her about last night , I could n't , I ca n't disappoint another person , not after my mother — ’ and Alexandra put her head down on to the slice of bread on her plate and burst into tears . |
| 13 | I had to go to London and I could n't leave her . |
| 14 | My mother danced away and I could n't see her . |
| 15 | I did n't see her until this afternoon , and I could n't ask her then , not just before her operation . |
| 16 | And I could n't find her , Ellie . |
| 17 | Granny was gone and I could n't take her , try as I might . |
| 18 | ‘ Idiot that I was , I was crass enough to insist , since I could n't see her privately ; to push her into a corner and tell her … tell her — oh , lord , I must have been mental ! — that if I could n't see her privately I would n't see her ever again . ’ |
| 19 | If I could not reassure her by telling her Neil was there , and watching , it was possible , more , probable , that she would insist either on my moving into a lodging in the village , or that some of the men from the village would keep watch on Otters ' Bay and the empty house . |
| 20 | Probably cos I could n't see her |
| 21 | I could hear my wife , Sharon , in the driver 's seat of our Peugeot 405 but I could not see her because my eyes were clouded with blood . |
| 22 | I moved round to the other windows , but I could not see her in any of the rooms . |
| 23 | I could n't be sorry for her , but I could n't tell her he was right . |
| 24 | She added smoothly , ‘ Not that that had anything to do with me , but I could n't stop her . |
| 25 | Once I felt my hand touch her sleeve on the river bottom but I could n't find her . " |
| 26 | But I could n't get her to the doctor , she would n't go . |
| 27 | I was on the plane too , but I could n't help her . |
| 28 | ‘ Idiot that I was , I was crass enough to insist , since I could n't see her privately ; to push her into a corner and tell her … tell her — oh , lord , I must have been mental ! — that if I could n't see her privately I would n't see her ever again . ’ |
| 29 | In fact she was walking up and down and I could see her mouth opening and closing as she meowed , though I could n't hear her . |