Example sentences of "could [not/n't] help it " in BNC.
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| 1 | One course above all he set himself : or perhaps he could not help it . |
| 2 | She had not wanted to talk to Finn but she could not help it when he came and sat on the counter . |
| 3 | He could not help it if his use of the colonial patronymic sounded like a challenge . |
| 4 | She did not want to think of him but could not help it . |
| 5 | They could not help it . |
| 6 | He could not help it , for an instant the restraint he was arduously imposing on himself slipped like a mask from his face , and the bitter blaze of his hatred flared from dilated eyes , burning ferociously upon Isambard 's calmly smiling countenance . |
| 7 | They told her over and over again that she must not do it , but she could n't help it . |
| 8 | He could n't help it if Mrs Wright had taken him to visit her friend who was n't there , who was dead . |
| 9 | ‘ I could n't help it , Gary . |
| 10 | Could n't help it . ’ |
| 11 | Could n't help it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I could n't help it ! |
| 13 | ‘ He could n't help it , ’ said one eight-year-old . |
| 14 | Yet , obvious a performance though it was , behind it lay a real anguish and he knew it , and knew he could n't help it . |
| 15 | Yanto could n't help it , he began to hoot with laughter . |
| 16 | She could n't help it . |
| 17 | Mother could n't help it . |
| 18 | I could n't help it . |
| 19 | ‘ Could n't help it at first , but we 've become friends . |
| 20 | Lewis had forgotten to be indifferent and aloof , he could n't help it . |
| 21 | She knew she sounded rather sniffy but she could n't help it . |
| 22 | It was the last lesson of the day and I could n't help it , but I come out with a big burp in the middle of the lesson and she goes , ‘ Fay , are you feeling all right ? ’ and I says , ‘ Yes Miss , of course I am ’ , and then she goes to me when I did it again , ‘ FAY ! ’ and I goes , ‘ It 's all right ’ , I goes , ‘ Pardon me , Miss . |
| 23 | Then I asked her , I could n't help it , I asked her , I said ‘ Never mind the photocopy , ’ I said , ‘ Let me ask you , was the cock tracing I showed you in any slight way arousing ? |
| 24 | She knew she should keep her mouth shut , that people — especially daughters-in-law — hated being told what to do but she could n't help it . |
| 25 | She whispered — she did n't mean to whisper but she could n't help it — ‘ The first time we came , when we were so scared , it was n't just Mister Johnny . |
| 26 | " You could n't help it . " |
| 27 | The anger was eating into him , and although he knew he was going too far , saying too much , he could n't help it . |
| 28 | Jezrael screamed again ; she could n't help it . |
| 29 | She could n't help it . |
| 30 | I could n't help it . ’ |