Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This clearly elevates me to some sort of status in his mind , although I personally could n't give a shit . |
| 2 | I personally could n't begin to choose a favourite on this album , though I am especially fascinated by the Gregorian chant influence of Ebudea . |
| 3 | I suddenly could n't stand . |
| 4 | I alone could not start . |
| 5 | As ever , little was done to conceal anything from me as I went in and out of the various rooms in which these gentlemen sat deep in discussion , and I thus could not avoid gaining a certain impression of the general mood at this stage of the proceedings . |
| 6 | ‘ I just could not bear to see someone so young , and so obviously above those two cats , caught helplessly in that bleak place ! ’ |
| 7 | I just could not do without a diary that starts on Monday . |
| 8 | I just could not do it , somehow . |
| 9 | For a long time I just could not face wearing them at home . |
| 10 | Yeah I was really attracted to him but I just could not speak to him , it was awful , and like there used to be awful pauses and you 'd just go er right we 'd better get off with each other again because you ca n't bear the silence , it 's too uncomfortable so you used to , and then you go oh shit better get off with him again , it 's awful , he 's and he used to have such a , no personality at all . |
| 11 | and I 've had that taken out because I could n't , I just could not stand it especially in hot weather ! |
| 12 | Then , at a certain moment , I just could not go on with that any longer . |
| 13 | ‘ The set-up was not quite right and I just could not go quicker on my second flying run whatever I did . |
| 14 | But when I later tried to find my way back to the dining-room to finish my meal , which should have been a simple thing to do , I just could not locate it at all . |
| 15 | I had been on low-calorie diets and diets out of newspapers , but I just could not stick to them . |
| 16 | I was also astounded at the amount of mail that arrived — too much really , because I just could not deal properly with it all and I was worried in case people thought me impolite . |
| 17 | I just could not imagine Robin , who used to throw Verey cartridges onto the anteroom fire behind the Group Captain 's back , falling for this sort of thing . |
| 18 | I was caught in a current and no matter how much and how hard I swam I just could not get out of it . |
| 19 | ‘ It was a feeling of being suspended — it was not a negative feeling and not even a loss to be mourned , but I just could not see a way ahead . |
| 20 | When it happened to me I just could not believe it . |
| 21 | I knew I 'd never be free of the dog until he was gone ( Eric , poor well-meaning bright but ignorant Eric , thought I still was n't , and I just could n't tell him why I knew I was ) . |
| 22 | Oh I just I just could n't tell you really what |
| 23 | So I wanted to progress and I just could n't do it . |
| 24 | Then I got stuck : I just could n't do it . ’ |
| 25 | I just could n't do it . |
| 26 | No , I just could n't do it . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I was shown these two kids in a very pitiful state and I just could n't do nothing . ’ |
| 28 | No there are certain things that I just could n't do . |
| 29 | Trouble was , I just could n't hold the sheep properly — but then I have to admit I never liked doing it . |
| 30 | When I came out of the service I bought a Fender , but I just could n't hold on to it ; it was too small and the weight was wrong . |