Example sentences of "[conj] i could not be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just before I snapped out of it , aborted the failed trance , I thought I saw — although I could n't be certain — the ragged hole in the beard through which Gyggle addressed the world unravel a little at its edge , exposing a slug side of what might have been Gyggle 's lip . |
| 2 | Born in May 1964 , Bustin , ‘ grew up with the idea that I could n't be an artist , since , one , I was n't male , and two , I was n't mad ! ’ |
| 3 | By the time that I began to work with Ahmed and Amitha , I had resolved within myself that I could n't be anything other than a Black lesbian and that was in itself its own political identity , one that did not require validation from either the women 's , gay or Black movements . |
| 4 | Born in May 1964 , Bustin , ‘ grew up with the idea that I could n't be an artist , since , one , I was n't male , and two , I was n't mad ! ’ |
| 5 | So that they began to hint that I could n't be so very friendly if I was afraid to take them round to meet him . |
| 6 | Then I got so that I could not be bothered . |
| 7 | I was reminding the golfing spirits that I could not be caught napping . |
| 8 | Because he lost sight of me quickly , he knew that I could not be going down to the river or turning left into the church : he had an uninterrupted view of both . |
| 9 | The problem was that I could not be sure if this was your true feeling for me , or just your terror of Mathilde 's ghosts making you cling to me in that delightful and extremely inflammatory fashion . |
| 10 | His teeth did n't fit awfully well , so I could n't be sure . |
| 11 | I left Werewolf with a withering look and headed for the edge of the road , cutting back deeper into the trees so I could n't be seen from the farmhouse when I reached the fenced-off field . |
| 12 | ‘ Quite frankly , Ken and I could n't be bothered to let our place and give out all those orders . ’ |
| 13 | There had n't been a show , I had no contractions and I could n't be sure that my waters had broken . ’ |
| 14 | You see , I needed to see you away from the château , and I could n't be sure you 'd come with me today . |
| 15 | So I er , I politely told him what he could do with that , well , I was eating his dinner and I could n't be too rude to him , but erm , you know , when er when , when confronted , I do n't give ground over that kind of thing . |
| 16 | ‘ I was treating this as a speed session before the Gisborough Moors race and I could n't be more pleased . ’ |
| 17 | I had butterflies all over again and I could n't be more delighted . ’ |
| 18 | Erm , I probably would have done because I made lots of mistakes and I could n't be bothered to go back and check them ! |
| 19 | I was thinking that if I could n't be a nurse I just wanted to die … |
| 20 | The point is that if I could not be distinguished from others in some way , then the utterance ‘ It 's me ’ would be useless . |
| 21 | Cos I could n't be bothered and I was n't dressed and it would be going all over to south London . |
| 22 | But I could not be content just to walk alongside a pretty one and hear her giggling . |
| 23 | Once I noticed the familiar gap in a row of houses like the space left by a drawn tooth , but I could not be certain that it was the result of bombing and if it was it had happened a long time ago . |
| 24 | They had my sympathy , but I could not be greatly interested . |
| 25 | It might have been a Seiko , but I could n't be sure . |
| 26 | The cycle chain came off twice on the three miles back to the van , but I could n't be cross . |
| 27 | I said I was rather tied up at the school over most week-ends ; though the half-term holiday was the week-end after next and I might just be in Athens then — but I could n't be sure . |
| 28 | I thought once or twice that I saw a glint of sardonic amusement in Conchis 's eyes , but I could n't be sure . |
| 29 | I could have messed about to get the price under 20m to make them legit. teans but I could n't be arsed ! |
| 30 | I knew you were protecting someone , but I could n't be sure who . |