Example sentences of "i could [adv] do [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And also I could n't do something that might jeopardise Rob 's marriage to Heather . ’ |
| 2 | Well I could n't take I could n't do nowt about it at all so I went to see t head of firm and Aye , he says , it 's bad , he says , we do n't know to do things like that . |
| 3 | Well I could n't do nothing about it really , she said well that 'll be sorted out in she said I 'll treat it , we 're now sorting it out today what we 're doing . |
| 4 | I could n't do anything . |
| 5 | ‘ I could n't do anything else , could I ? ’ |
| 6 | It was so overwhelming I could n't do anything about it , ’ she says . |
| 7 | Heart-throb Nigel , who has played consultant Julian Chapman for three years , said last night : ‘ If I carried on playing Julian people would assume I could n't do anything else . |
| 8 | ‘ I could n't do anything about Greg . |
| 9 | ‘ I could n't do anything but keep staring at it . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ I could n't do anything about Auschwitz and Dachau — and I ca n't do anything in Bosnia . ’ |
| 11 | I could n't do anything . |
| 12 | I could n't do anything , I was hopeless . |
| 13 | Although I knew it was n't my fault , I always felt frustrated because I could n't do anything to help . |
| 14 | It all seemed very simple then — particularly when I could n't do anything about it for a month . |
| 15 | And one time in Austin it was really bad 'cos we took some acid before we played and I felt really small , like I could n't do anything , like wooahh ! , like vertigo . |
| 16 | ‘ When I injured my shoulder ( she was forced to return home from the Federation Cup and had to miss a couple of tournaments ) I could n't do anything . |
| 17 | I knew it and I could n't do anything about it . ’ |
| 18 | I could n't go out , I could n't do anything . |
| 19 | However , the whole incident was witnessed by another driver who took a note of the car number and in turn , of course , reported it to the police and eventually Mrs was interviewed on the eleventh of August of this year she agreed that she was the driver at the time and she replied it 's okay , but if the little had stopped after the accident I would of sorted things out I could n't do anything after she ran off . |
| 20 | I could n't do anything about it . |
| 21 | At first it was very good , I could n't do anything wrong because I had a baby . |
| 22 | I could n't do anything if he was in the room . |
| 23 | I could n't do anything about it but I knew Wes was out there somewhere . |
| 24 | Said he must have made a mistake and it was the Cynthia T. The Cynthia had one of the new masters whom I did n't know , so I could n't do anything . |
| 25 | as if I 'd only been half awake before so no wonder I could n't do anything . ’ |
| 26 | I could n't do anything about Nassim 's cousin being in Pakistan , I reasoned as I rinsed my mouth for the hundredth time . |
| 27 | And I could n't do anything about the body , could I ? |
| 28 | ooh my foot slipped foot had slipped on the clutch and I could n't do anything about it Oh I did n't realize what time it was , your dad 'll be wondering where his dinner 's got to wo n't he ? |
| 29 | No , I ju I just had a look at that I could n't do anything . |
| 30 | No no no I could n't do anything disgusting like that . |