Example sentences of "[art] [noun] i could not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parker turned out out be one of those people whom Glass only saw ‘ through the windows of the clubs I could n't get into . ’ |
| 2 | The island was a small one in the this has got a heart middle of the pond I could n't find the right line that 's why I did that . |
| 3 | I was so shook up by the screeching I could n't rightly say what happened . ’ |
| 4 | I did n't mind paying that sort of money but after spending so much on the Technics I could n't afford another eighty quid |
| 5 | My family moved to Britain , and because of the distance and the expense I could not visit them . |
| 6 | Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ? |
| 7 | The Sheikha 's daughter sat with us , pouring coffee , translating the words I could n't understand , her quiet voice occasionally breaking into laughter at my questions , my curiosity . |
| 8 | We never had a phone in that cottage , so the words I could n't hear were never spoken . |
| 9 | ‘ Immediately after the crash I could n't feel the baby moving and he was normally a quite active baby , ’ she said . |
| 10 | ‘ Immediately after the crash I could n't feel the baby moving and he was normally a quite active baby . ’ |
| 11 | Ward was still asleep when I turned right and headed eastwards towards the Andes , the mist a white vapour , the rice fields , the cacti , the occasional trees , all having a weirdness about them that matched my mood and added to my growing fear of what lay ahead , beyond the mountains I could not see . |
| 12 | Maybe the local fisherman did , where he got the fish I could not say . |
| 13 | At the moment I could not boil water successfully . ’ |
| 14 | At the moment I could n't cos I 've got a bad knee but I have run after people and caught people , yes . |
| 15 | erm from yesterday er I think meself personally I 'm very methodical sort of person and I felt what was most important the revelations meself was thought patterns and the use of most structured structured in a presentation and also the importance I could n't believe how that using them made such a difference actually to yourself when you 're standing there and the audience participation erm thought patterns well I 've always used that was just a revelation I mean I 've never |
| 16 | At one time he , he lived at , they lived at but er er she was a widow and she was ninety but she was very good to us and , but we had er , we had apartments but there was a lock on both sides of the door , you know what I mean , we were quite self-contained and we had er er a narrow stairs and because of the war I could n't , you could n't er , I used to scrub the stairs down because you could n't buy carpet in those days , you see because of the war and to the shortage of stuff and so I used to keep those stairs nice and , we had a , a , we went , as we went up these stairs erm it , I suppose originally , you see , it would have been back stairs for the servants , you see , in the hall and this old lady used to go in and if ever she had the doctor she used to ask me if I would go and sit with her and hold her hand while the doctor came , you see . |
| 17 | Yeah , I came to the conclusion I could n't afford any of it . |
| 18 | This was the conclusion I could not avoid in the months after becoming a Christian . |
| 19 | Er and at the end of the quarter I could n't pay that , then obviously you got no dividend on it because you still owed them that hundred pounds , but they would take the book away so you could n't get any more . |
| 20 | That was the night I could n't sleep |
| 21 | Some of the things I could n't see included Loch Lyon to the east with Ben Lawers beyond , Ben More to the south , Ben Lui to the south-west and lovely Glen Orchy to the west leading to Ben Cruachan . |
| 22 | this morning what I 'd done this morning was just dancing about cos I , I had to go to the toilet I could n't wait |
| 23 | ‘ But at the finish I could n't stand up . ’ |
| 24 | At the moment this innovatory scheme was still at the planning stage , but once it got off the ground I could n't fail to gross a minimum of fifty thou in the first year of operation , after which the sky was the limit . |
| 25 | There were twenty five thousand , I , I would n't like to see twenty five thousand on that ground again , because I , I used to smoke at the time and we were packed that tight in the ground I could n't even get my hands down to my pockets to get a cigarette out , so the erm after the first few games they started to draw at home and then they seemed to lose the impetus and that they still held a good position in the league , but the following season Liverpool were in the second division at the time , and I , I went to that match and Walsall scored first through Colin and er , they went on to beat us six-one in the end . |
| 26 | And since it was the end of the belt I could n't get i go by anybody with me , I had to move it . |
| 27 | He 's just putting , just putting , I got three eggs , I was just putting them on the bed I could n't be bothered with them then . |
| 28 | I did n't say anything , just put the bits I could n't eat on the side of my plate . |
| 29 | They are the reason I could not contemplate a life lacking a daily sight of hills . |
| 30 | But he 'd known that while I might accept his desire to get out of the situation I could not accept his withdrawing support from me , just shutting me out , without letting me come to terms with his thinking . |