Example sentences of "[conj] i could n't [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that I could n't lead my own life at all ; when I complained about this to my husband he laughed it off . |
| 2 | He 'd won the year before , so I could n't believe my luck . |
| 3 | The rubber was stretching and stretching and not tightening enough , and I could n't move my hands for fear of it tearing the flesh off a finger or biting my nose off . |
| 4 | Three hours later they were still asking me questions and I could n't keep my eyes open . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | What I was holding out for hung on a pretty slender thread and I could n't let my life be dominated by it . |
| 7 | The little kid wanted to be an anti-star , and I could n't take my eyes off him . |
| 8 | And I could n't believe my ears — ‘ Case dismissed . ’ |
| 9 | I would n't be where I am today if I could n't hold my own in a dog-eat-dog world . |
| 10 | But I could n't tell my mother or father because I should have been in bed by that time . |
| 11 | I told my boyfriend but I could n't tell my mum . |
| 12 | But I have a week er but I could n't open my week 's . |
| 13 | I released her fingers but I could n't drag my eyes away from the gleam of gold as it winked tantalisingly at me . |
| 14 | I wandered through Biomorph Land , moving through an endless landscape of strange creatures and things , but I could n't find my insects . |
| 15 | I tried to tell Philippa to hurry but I could n't get my words together . |
| 16 | But I could n't get my camera to work — I hardly ever used the thing — so I went to Derek 's house one day to ask his advice on how to operate it . |
| 17 | But I could n't cut my hair tha , myself like that . |
| 18 | But I could n't let my mother be here , and then it was more for my brother because he had a wife and he it was more for him to be working than er for me really , cos I come to pension age then you see . |
| 19 | I was ill too but I could n't consider my own feelings . |
| 20 | I do , I like , do you think I could have a copy of anything you 've got to date because lying in my desk this morning is something I have to prepare a briefing note for my chairman and I was thinking about that recent one , but I could n't put my hand on it Robert , absolutely updated on exactly where we are . |
| 21 | I gave my notice in simply because I could n't pay my way . |
| 22 | I 'm shouting at the 4th one not to do them so tight because I could n't move my fingers and they just told me to shut my mouth and go quietly . |
| 23 | It was bloody we well I had to stop because I could n't see my way at all . |
| 24 | no I had to get mum to do my back because I could n't see my back |
| 25 | Erm it has become worse in a way that er we did , I did experience some sort of er , er racial intolerance er with the youth , but the middle-aged and the er m older people were very , very er tolerant I had to ask er when I could n't find my way , ask my way to certain places and er there was an that er the lady just walked by me er with me and she , she said I 'll have to walk with you you ca n't find it . |