Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] i could [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The epidural numbs you from the waist down so I could n't feel any of the contractions . |
| 2 | Well I could still get in but I could n't lock the door say no bugger off . |
| 3 | Dad had been right ; it was foggy and getting thicker so I had to slow down because I could n't see where I was going . |
| 4 | I passed through and I could not get back … ’ |
| 5 | Yeah I did that at school we had to stay in most break times as a child cos I could n't remember , and I , I know that my mum bought me a books so I used to sit for days and days , then my mum going over and then my nan going over and I could n't remember if I wanted |
| 6 | I fell down , knocked me walking-frame over and I could n't get meself up again . |
| 7 | My youngest girl has just been operated on and I could n't believe she only had two stitches . |
| 8 | I fell a d do you remember we went before and I fell and I just sat there and I could n't , they , this erm woman and this man come to help me up and I could n't stop laughing , they could n't get me up . |
| 9 | left and I cut it up this morning before you got up and I could n't cut it with the scissors ! |
| 10 | At this moment two people grabbed me to try to make me get up but I could not get up , so they kicked me and stamped all over me from head to toe . |
| 11 | I 'd been working in a factory , but I had to give that up because I could n't afford a nursery . |
| 12 | ( I should point out that I could not bring myself to a Japanese option ! ) |
| 13 | Because when I read the leaflet on that crucial afternoon , it turned out that I could n't start swallowing the pills on any old day : the course had to begin at a particular point in my menstrual cycle . |
| 14 | I stumbled out that I could n't live with Richard any longer . |
| 15 | I 'm not married and do n't have any children and I would love to have children and if I found out that I could n't have any I would do anything to have them . |
| 16 | Two days before it , however , when we were running through some back moves , my back seemed to lock out and I could n't move freely at all . |
| 17 | And I went up and down the road and miles away then came back and I could n't stop because this bike was very old fashioned and you had to stop it by pedalling back |
| 18 | His lips moved , and some noises came out but I could n't make sense of them . |
| 19 | ‘ It took me a while to find out he ( Rare Bear ) pulled out because I could n't hear that well on the radio . |
| 20 | And er then of course when I got better It hit me all on the head and that well Then er when I went back to school they found out as I could n't see the board properly . |
| 21 | offered to call round if I could n't go to the meeting . |