Example sentences of "but [pers pn] could n't [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might have been a Seiko , but I could n't be sure . |
| 2 | The cycle chain came off twice on the three miles back to the van , but I could n't be cross . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I thought once or twice that I saw a glint of sardonic amusement in Conchis 's eyes , but I could n't be sure . |
| 5 | I could have messed about to get the price under 20m to make them legit. teans but I could n't be arsed ! |
| 6 | I knew you were protecting someone , but I could n't be sure who . |
| 7 | Your inexperience told me that you must be in love with me — but I could n't be sure . |
| 8 | Yeah , but I could n't be bothered to go all the way back there and change it again ! |
| 9 | Yes it only wants stitching up , I said er really I could sit and do it now but I could n't be bothered . |
| 10 | I was gon na go up today but I could n't be fagged . |
| 11 | pathetic , it 's gon na freeze up again this afternoon down at Bournemouth , gon na have fish off the pier , go for some bees , but I could n't be bothered but there was nothing , it was too damn cold , it must of been minus five with the wind chill factor |
| 12 | Panama was five thousand miles away , but you could n't be too sure : it was still America 's backyard . |
| 13 | But you could n't be sure that was enough . |
| 14 | ‘ You think you 're still in the game , but you could n't be more wrong . |
| 15 | But she could n't be poor . |
| 16 | Juliana played bass on the recent Lemonheads LP and Evan Dando has returned the favour by guesting on some ‘ Hey Babe ’ tracks ; she says they like making music together but she could n't be a Lemonhead , she wants to be herself . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's one way of describing it , ’ Bernice said , but she could n't be bothered to come up with other , less half-hearted quips . |
| 18 | She thought it might be the one that was always being made to speak up for the others , but she could n't be sure ; it 's difficult to tell one beetle from another . |
| 19 | She 'd been thinking about becoming a nun but she could n't be with a baby . |
| 20 | But she could n't be certain and so , tentatively , she said , ‘ Chrissie ? |
| 21 | She found it hard to believe that Julius would actually carry out his threat to tell the press about that letter , but she could n't be absolutely sure he would n't do it . |
| 22 | For a moment she thought that she saw his silhouette against the window , but she could n't be certain . |
| 23 | At least that was what she thought he said , but she could n't be absolutely sure as he turned on his heel and walked away , leaving her standing in the darkness of her cabin . |
| 24 | It was getting dark now , but she could n't be bothered putting the lights on . |
| 25 | we booked The Crunchy Frog which was a hippy commune/warehouse/community centre by the Thames in Rotherhithe down in South East London , but we could n't be bothered to go . |
| 26 | ‘ Claudia , Claude was her real name , of course , but we could n't be doing with that , was an anthropologist , although she called herself an ethnographer , I remember , ’ says Fairfax . |
| 27 | But they could n't be that stupid , Vi reasoned derisively as she nodded to Sister Annunciata and called , ‘ Father says you 're to make the tea . ’ |
| 28 | The detector was recording neutrons all right , but they could n't be sure if there were neutrons coming from the cell over and above those coming from natural sources , such as cosmic rays and general radioactive ‘ dirt ’ around the lab . |
| 29 | But they could n't be because I never take them off . " |
| 30 | She knew someone 's shaking hands were on Damian 's tie , pulling it loose , pushing his dark blue jacket to the floor , but they could n't be her hands — she would n't do such a thing ; and as their hoarse breathing mingled further she realised his shirt was completely unbuttoned and that she was staring at his bare chest and it was exactly as she had known it would be . |