Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] could n't [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PEG ( tender ) : I told you I could n't be cumbered . |
| 2 | I would n't cos I , I ca n't if I saw you in the street I do n't know you I could n't be , I could n't be attracted to you . |
| 3 | Well , she had shown him she could n't be swayed by his good looks or his fancy words ; not any more . |
| 4 | Everyone had told her she could n't be in a better place , but they kept saying she must be patient a little while longer — and she did n't know how much longer she could bear it . |
| 5 | ‘ A few people told me it could n't be done but the prep races all fitted into his programme and we would hope to do something along similar lines next time . |
| 6 | Yeah , but , no , no , it 's exactly the same as them he could n't be bothered , I mean my mum 's eighty and , and she ca n't get out now and he ca n't |
| 7 | ‘ I left here , telling myself I could n't be lady Anne 's companion 'cos I could n't leave mama on her own . |
| 8 | He was just as straight about what he did n't want , what he would n't do and what he could n't be bothered to do . |
| 9 | I woke up , but I told myself it could n't be you because you 'd be in Yorkshire — ’ |