Example sentences of "he could [not/n't] [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't know , he could n't give you a theological explanation of what the kingdom of God was . |
| 2 | almost servant type you know , he tied himself to you and you feel he could n't do you enough for you |
| 3 | He could n't see you if you were standing right in front of him , but he carried on at the anvil and used to feel the iron he was working . ’ |
| 4 | If he could n't find you , he wanted to know where you had been . |
| 5 | Although ‘ t is easy to see that he could not leave you behind , nor take his eyes off you for a moment . |
| 6 | For ‘ proposing to carry lemons with us to Sky [ sic ] that he might be sure to have his lemonade ’ , Johnson ticked off Boswell — on two counts : that he , Sam , did not wish to be viewed as someone who could not do without his preferences ; and that it was ‘ very bad manners to carry provisions to any man 's house , as if he could not entertain you . |
| 7 | She finished by saying , ‘ And his only sorrow , for some months , has been that he could not find you , his former friend . ’ |