Example sentences of "[adv] i could [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was there within an hour , so I could n't be more grateful and appreciative . |
| 2 | and er they were queuing up there so I could n't be bothered standing in the queue , so I did n't . |
| 3 | And so I could not be certain whether the sight of his old home depressed him more than it inspired him . |
| 4 | Well I could n't be doing with that ! |
| 5 | Lili and I were silent and I wondered for a moment how I would be feeling if I was going to marry the man I loved — had loved , I amended in my mind , for surely even I could n't be so idiotic as to love still where I had met with such treachery . |
| 6 | He then pointed to his forehead , growling that if I did n't have anything up there then I could n't be a singer . |
| 7 | I felt guilty — I seem to do that a lot , like when I could n't be with my parents when my father was dying , even when I know at an intellectual level that I do n't need to . |
| 8 | ‘ My business might be in a position where I could not be involved ’ , he warned . |