Example sentences of "but [pers pn] could [not/n't] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said that it would be unkind and discourteous to decline a visit , but I could not for the life of me see how I could help him where persons of much greater power were impotent . |
| 2 | Yes , well , I have had a recent case , erm of within the ward that I visited , so I am aware of having the number of problems in the past , I am aware of the problems , but I could not for personal circumstances do the afternoon that day . |
| 3 | I , I can remember bits of it now , but I could n't on fucking Thursday , I mean , there 's this bloke in er , they 're they 're doing a banking job , while doing a bank job and he still does n't believe he 's the main |
| 4 | I thought I would get a job there but I could n't for a few months and er , my wife and two children joined me there and my brother 's wife joined us there , and two of us bought the house in Luton . |
| 5 | Yeah , but I could n't of gone anyway , cos I had too many kids |
| 6 | But I could n't in the end ! |
| 7 | But you could not in all honesty , Wilson , expect us to make that our first consideration . ’ |
| 8 | But they could not at this point publicly repudiate him . |
| 9 | Thomas Sherer seems to have worked conscientiously as Fox 's deputy , but he could not of course carry out his own functions as Examiner and these had to be performed by deputies , described as ‘ men of small credit ’ and ‘ young men unsworn ’ . |
| 10 | He would check it , if he needed to , but he could not at the moment see why Morgan would have wanted to kill the daughter to whom he had plainly been so devoted . |
| 11 | Harris knew that something had happened but he could n't for the life of him think what it might be . |
| 12 | But it could not in my judgment , be done simply by a document which itself refers to the contract , and I reject Mr Ritchie 's submission on this … |
| 13 | but it could n't of been cos it came out last week |