Example sentences of "i could not [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been lying on my bed , thinking of you , and suddenly I could n't bear it a moment longer and jumped off the bed intending to phone you — and there you were , looking half drowned and so nervous I was afraid to put a foot wrong . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I could n't tell you the regiment , but there is a lieutenant of that name staying here . |
| 3 | But one one time one man put up and I do n't know the reason why and I could n't tell you the year but his name was er the Honour somebody . |
| 4 | He used to go to a lotta places er that as knocked down or , well I could n't tell you the kind of job , but often there was some locks on the premises was er , perhaps needed repair or he wanted them to be in before he could leave the job and say here you are , that 's the job done . |
| 5 | ‘ I could n't tell you the truth , Ruth . |
| 6 | I I could n't tell you the exact number but it was over a hundred shops in Edinburgh . |
| 7 | And he said , it 's most unlike me , as you probably know , but he said I could n't tell you the last time I had time off work , but he said , I have n't been into the office since th cos I 've been feeling really bad ! |
| 8 | I could n't face it a second time . |
| 9 | Er but I said I could n't give him a definite quote for a price , because I would n't have the Committee . |
| 10 | It 's ba , yes , I I could n't give you an answer , because I I I |
| 11 | I could n't imagine what the others were used for . |
| 12 | Erm n I as I say I could n't see her the bed it was it was a duvet and . |
| 13 | She was n't doing anything interesting at all so I could n't see what the fascination was . |
| 14 | ‘ I could n't see him the room was full with smoke . |
| 15 | ‘ What about your lean old arse — I could n't call it a bum in all conscience — grinding away on the saddle of your bike ? ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |