Example sentences of "[conj] i could not [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would sing to myself , perfectly content to be alone in my own dream world , imagining myself on television receiving an award for beating a world record and I would see my name and picture in the ‘ Guinness Book of Records ’ on the high bookshelf in my brother 's room where I could not reach it , and yet , through all those mornings of endless riding round the yard , I never once counted just how many times I had ridden around to see if I had beaten the previous morning 's record , so sure was my conviction of success ! |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Although I could not see it , we were travelling beside the lake where all these controversies were raging . |
| 4 | I told the hon. Gentleman that I could not give him the information for which he asked until October , when the 1991 population figures would become available . |
| 5 | Before I knew where I was , I had been wagered a great deal of money that I could not do it , and shortly before midnight I was leaving the hallowed portals of Ronnie Scott 's Club . |
| 6 | ‘ I am sorry that I could not spare you . ’ |
| 7 | His fingers were bloody and in his eyes there was such despair that I could not stand it and went out into the filthy courtyard ’ . |
| 8 | Two days later , he brought me a charcoal drawing of her , very lightly done , a sort of dream-like impression and it was so like her , it captured the essence of her so minutely , that I could not believe he had never seen her , only listened to me . ’ |
| 9 | I have to say that I regret deeply , deeply that I could not persuade her to make a film of Tosca . |
| 10 | That I could not deceive them . |
| 11 | But the priest said she could not live till morning , so I could not leave her . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | Naturally no one was there and the gate was locked and the top of the fence was rimmed with razor-wire so I could not climb it . |
| 14 | My parents had died when I was a baby , so I could not remember them at all , but quite often I used to visit the churchyard , about a mile from the village , to look at their names on their gravestones . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If I could not get it I became irritable . ’ |
| 17 | I tried many times , but I could not do it . |
| 18 | I wanted to answer his question , but I could not tell him my terrible secret . |
| 19 | ‘ Och , they 've all got names , but I could not tell you what they are . |
| 20 | I stepped back to avoid the overpowering closeness of his face and a little man on the inner circle of the crowd startled me with a friendly smile , but I could not find him again when I looked for him . |
| 21 | I looked for it everywhere but I could not find it . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I moved round to the other windows , but I could not see her in any of the rooms . |
| 24 | I felt an almost unbearably painful sense of beauty and order — painful because I could not imagine it would prevail . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ The supporters know I have always spoken to them in honesty and when I could not give them the truth I have kept my mouth shut . |
| 26 | Food always tasted better when I could not see it . |
| 27 | My daughters are away visiting their grandmama , for I could not have them by , making a nuisance of themselves , during all these preparations . |
| 28 | It gave off a fragrant smell which stirred my memory though I could not place it . |
| 29 | I could sense the steep drop to my left , though I could not see it due to the trees and thick foliage that lined the roadside . |