Example sentences of "could n't [verb] my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I put them in back of her hood cos she could n't hold my hand . |
| 2 | I could n't leave my children . |
| 3 | I could n't contain my feelings of disappointment , frustration and anger ! |
| 4 | But I have a week er but I could n't open my week 's . |
| 5 | I woke up yesterday morning , I could n't open my eyes ! |
| 6 | I could n't hide my surprise . |
| 7 | Even after I 'd told my wife the good news I could n't hide my depression . |
| 8 | At my parents house , erm , in that , we 've had an extension in there , so the garden 's not there any more , but erm , I used , the light used to come in from the windows , so of at , at the angle to the bath , so I could n't lift my leg up , so I rub it gently like this , and I 'd watch the told me where I missed bits and |
| 9 | ‘ I could n't make my mind up about exactly why Mills resigned from SIS in 1962 . |
| 10 | I gave my notice in simply because I could n't pay my way . |
| 11 | I tried to shout like the two of them , but my cry came out strangled and distorted ; I just could n't express my anger in English . |
| 12 | I told my boyfriend but I could n't tell my mum . |
| 13 | But I could n't tell my mother or father because I should have been in bed by that time . |
| 14 | I did n't want to work in a place where I could n't wear my fur coat . |
| 15 | Anyway , Billy Llewelyn could n't match my father 's curse . |
| 16 | ‘ I could n't change my mind . |
| 17 | I could n't work , could n't feel my way . |
| 18 | I could n't move my arms or legs , my body tingled all over and I had a terrible splitting headache . |
| 19 | ‘ I could n't move my arms or legs ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I could n't move my fingers for cold . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm shouting at the 4th one not to do them so tight because I could n't move my fingers and they just told me to shut my mouth and go quietly . |
| 22 | The rubber was stretching and stretching and not tightening enough , and I could n't move my hands for fear of it tearing the flesh off a finger or biting my nose off . |
| 23 | I released her fingers but I could n't drag my eyes away from the gleam of gold as it winked tantalisingly at me . |
| 24 | I could n't raise my wrist up without losing all feeling in my hand , and at times the pain was so intense I could n't sleep . |
| 25 | ‘ Sometimes I arrive on the set knowing I could n't act my way out of a paper bag . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I could n't close my fingers to pull on the water after an hour . ’ |
| 27 | That night I could n't close my eyes , the slightest creaking of the furniture announcing the imminent arrival of the undead . |
| 28 | The toilet was er at the back of what we used to call the brew house it was n't a kitchen it was a brew house , and er the , the toilet was at the back of the brew house adjacent to the old ash pit , which was an ash pit in those days it was filled up and when it was filled , they used to come at night and empty the ash pit wheel up the entry it might be there for three or four months and you got flies , bluebottles all sorts in the hot weather you know , I could n't try my shoes on sometimes , but er it was a bit , well I suppose in those days they used to take it for granted , it was a bit primitive it was n't the best five houses in the area , but er |
| 29 | Finally he is subdued , with Betty telling her friends , ‘ He could n't take my boop-oop-a-doop . ’ |
| 30 | The little kid wanted to be an anti-star , and I could n't take my eyes off him . |