Example sentences of "that i could not [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Before I knew where I was , I had been wagered a great deal of money that I could not do it , and shortly before midnight I was leaving the hallowed portals of Ronnie Scott 's Club . |
| 3 | ‘ I am sorry that I could not spare you . ’ |
| 4 | His fingers were bloody and in his eyes there was such despair that I could not stand it and went out into the filthy courtyard ’ . |
| 5 | Two days later , he brought me a charcoal drawing of her , very lightly done , a sort of dream-like impression and it was so like her , it captured the essence of her so minutely , that I could not believe he had never seen her , only listened to me . ’ |
| 6 | I have to say that I regret deeply , deeply that I could not persuade her to make a film of Tosca . |
| 7 | That I could not deceive them . |