Example sentences of "i could [not/n't] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ca just can play that , I could n't do recorders that well ? |
| 2 | I had already got some friends who came from my primary school but I realized that I could n't stay friends forever with them . |
| 3 | I could n't make friends so I went around by myself , did things by myself . |
| 4 | Then school started and I could n't wear pyamas to school so I wore my trousers and tops … when they saw them they ( the other wives ) said ‘ Oh ! that wo n't do ! |
| 5 | Obviously I could n't wear tops that were short which would show where the belt was , so that summer was terrible . |
| 6 | ‘ I wanted to know why I could n't have children and what was wrong with me , rather than talk to other people who could n't . ’ |
| 7 | And every time I told him I could n't hear voices , you should have seen the look of disappointment that came into his face . |
| 8 | The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know . |
| 9 | The reason I started writing tunes was because I could n't find tunes that set up the kind of guitar playing I wanted to do as an improviser . |
| 10 | ' I could dance but I could n't turn corners . |
| 11 | I could not swallow pills until I realised that it was a psychological problem ( ’ Sticky pills ’ ) Monitor , 13 January , p 88 ) . |
| 12 | They said outright what I could not find words for . |
| 13 | At first I thought I could not have children because of my age . |
| 14 | Although there were four possible exits from the balcony , and three different walkways for my pursuer to choose from , I could not take chances . |