Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [adv] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not explain how I felt other than very special . |
| 2 | They could not understand where I had come from , or how I could possibly survive . |
| 3 | And they could not understand why I refused to baptise their baby . |
| 4 | I was just as mystified , but then , I could n't explain how I 'd been aware of her presence on our previous visit . |
| 5 | Then she could n't go so I did n't go on my own . |
| 6 | I could n't sleep so I thought I might as well get going . ’ |
| 7 | So in the end I went upstairs , left Tony to it and I came back down and I tried to go to sleep again , I put me coat over me head and I could n't sleep so I moved . |
| 8 | ‘ People were coming into the shop saying they could n't understand why I had taken such an attitude . ’ |
| 9 | Erm , she started really by , well th well there is two of them involved at the time , but they started by reading a book on the subject and really just talking to me about it certainly , because I mean they really did n't understand , you know because food to them is just food , you know it was just some meal they had to eat because they were hungry and they could n't understand why I had got this whole thing completely distorted . |
| 10 | I could n't understand why I 'd not been killed when there were so many others who … |
| 11 | Nick could n't understand it , he said he could n't understand why I 'd changed so much . |
| 12 | She could n't understand why I needed to lodge in London at all , but insisted that any accommodation I settled on had to be approved by the university authorities . |
| 13 | And she could n't understand why I did n't have a man . |
| 14 | George could n't understand how I managed to live on my own . |
| 15 | He could n't understand how I had been married and been in the bloody Air Force and yet did n't know . |
| 16 | It was so obvious I could n't imagine why I had n't seen it before . |
| 17 | Jackie he was he was looking he was for something and he was looking for something in a hurry and I could n't find out I like T-shirts in one pile sweat shirts in another pullovers in another jeans in another but they were all sort of |
| 18 | I did n't get difficult when I drank but I often could n't remember where I 'd been or what I 'd done or even how I 'd got back home . |
| 19 | He got lost in Istanbul and I could n't wait so I went on without him . ’ |
| 20 | I still could n't fathom why I did n't altogether trust the man , ‘ I must be off , ’ I muttered and returned to lim . |
| 21 | I felt that you would not see why I had gone abroad . |
| 22 | I went back to the van and the bloody thing would n't start so I waited there till morning when I could catch a bus and … and , well , just get out . ’ |
| 23 | it would n't set so I hit it and you know buttons ? |
| 24 | When I was sure he would n't come in I got up and danced about a bit , and read the art books and drank water . |
| 25 | I ca n't talk now I have gone so limp and languid and sugary with my flesh stretched and itching , so Crilly carries me to bed . |
| 26 | Ca n't talk now I got ta stinging armpits ! |
| 27 | She had just received Holy Communion , of course , and her face was radiant and pure — I ca n't explain why I did it , but I could n't help kissing her . |
| 28 | I ca n't explain how I felt . |
| 29 | I just ca n't explain how I feel , but we 'll have to pray we 'll be guided to do what 's best . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't explain how I feel in words and I do n't know what the future holds , ’ said Tamas , who has been granted political asylum and has applied for Hungarian citizenship . |