Example sentences of "could n't [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up |
| 2 | We would n't see it coming , we could n't shoot it down when we did and we could n't even chase the fucking thing home after it had hit us . |
| 3 | He played two seasons for Transvaal ( in ‘ 87 he could n't even make the side ) but against them he was brilliant . |
| 4 | Right now she could n't even face the thought of the long drive home — but a short rest would set her back on her feet again . |
| 5 | He could n't even leave the stables to accompany us here over Christmas . |
| 6 | Peasley said , ‘ you could n't even spot the ball . ’ |
| 7 | I could n't even manage the children — friends took them for odd days . |
| 8 | I could n't even manage the simplest of manipulations involving extra-sensory perception . |
| 9 | It 's very good — we 've only been there two days and could n't even scratch the surface . |
| 10 | I could n't even answer the phone . |
| 11 | ‘ This time round , ’ snorts Paul protectively , ‘ the press could n't even get the name of the studio right . |
| 12 | The firm 's owner had tried to get funding from the IFI but could n't even get the application form . |
| 13 | Personally I could n't even understand the titles , but Kenneth is a tenacious ( not to say obsessive ) man once he gets the bit between his teeth . |
| 14 | ‘ But when I tried it as a young kid I could n't even hit the pitch for several years . |
| 15 | It towered so far above me I could n't even see the top of it . |
| 16 | The entire Met staff climbed up the ladder to the roof to check on the visibility — well , that 's a laugh , we could n't even see the runway , and I do n't suppose the pilots could either . |
| 17 | Jezrael could n't even see the rest of her squad at work in the power-room , but they were . |
| 18 | The snow was so thick you could n't even see the signposts . |
| 19 | Ominously , she could n't even see the road when she peered down out of the high window . |
| 20 | You and Matthew are the smart ones , and you could n't even see the noses in front of your faces . |
| 21 | Hoover could n't even see the point of intelligence reports which showed Japan 's interest in how to attack a deep harbour , and how deep Pearl Harbour might be . |
| 22 | ‘ We could n't even use the excuse that half the team failed to turn up , though loose head prop Martin Littleton had to cry off through injury . |
| 23 | Yeah , I could n't even fight the thought that she 'd asked him at no what I mean . |
| 24 | I could n't even put the film in properly ! |
| 25 | He also offered dire predictions to couples ( Graham could n't even consider the possibility they might not be married ) that going at it like knives would lead to ‘ languor , lassitude , muscular relaxation , general debility and heaviness , depression of spirits , loss of appetite , indigestion , faintness and sinking at the pit of the stomach , increased susceptibilities of the skin and the lungs to all atmospheric changes , feebleness of circulation , chilliness , headache , melancholy , hypochondria , hysterics , feebleness of circulation , feebleness of all the senses , impaired vision , loss of sight , weakness of the lungs , nervous cough , pulmonary consumption , disorders of the liver and kidneys , urinary difficulties , disorders of the genital organs , spinal diseases , weakness of the brain , loss of memory , epilepsy , insanity , apoplexy , abortions , premature births , extreme feebleness , morbid predispositions , and an early death of offspring . ’ |
| 26 | Willie did n't know the tune and as he could n't read he could n't even follow the words . |
| 27 | ‘ I could n't even find the place we were raking . ’ |
| 28 | So that painstaking genius could n't even keep the eyes of his most famous character a consistent colour ? |
| 29 | You could n't simply ignore the fact that he had sentenced you to death , but it was important to let him know that you were n't rattled . |
| 30 | But I could n't yet leave the phone and dash into the other room and give it to Sally . |