Example sentences of "and that i could not " in BNC.
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| 1 | 6 Later , in a more morbid vein , he confessed : " I suspected all along that there was little possibility that I would be forgiven for making known publicly that Stalin disgusted me , and that I could not stomach the Nazi-Soviet pact and the events in Finland . |
| 2 | With the greatest respect , I must say that I am puzzled and that I could not follow the argument as first expressed . |
| 3 | When I finally roused myself and walked , unsteadily at first , to the green door and then through the other garden and the house , now silent — for our party had moved away and there was only a lady in an obviously twentieth century flowered smock at a little table in the hall — I felt the world was drained of colour and that I could not face anyone who was not Orlando . |
| 4 | However , this sensation evaporated as soon as I looked out of the window , when I realized how imprisoned I was by my ignorance , which Aisha seized upon , exploiting the fact that I did n't know how to flush the toilet , work the shower , turn on the oven or boil the electric kettle to make tea , and that I could n't understand what her older child or her next-door neighbour said . |
| 5 | I suspect it was ‘ I hate him ’ , and that I could n't actually bring myself to face such a sentiment . |
| 6 | I also told him of my affection for you and that I could n't injure you by marrying you without love . |