Example sentences of "then [pron] could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd get to about there , just about like that , and then I could n't do it . |
| 2 | I mean , I did it for four months and then I could n't do any more , I just think I mean , I know Amanda and Claire were a lot younger then and I think it 's difficult when they are they 're younger . |
| 3 | I was even more nervous because it mattered so much , and then I could n't stop talking and did n't answer the questions . ’ |
| 4 | I flew too high , and then I was going higher , faster , I could n't stop , like a feather finding a vent I just shot up to the spindle , and there I stuck , dangling in zero-g I kicked and flailed , I was hopeless , I had no idea how to get away I had n't got anything I could throw I could n't even see straight anyway , my eyes were tearing The pollution was pretty bad up there , I started coughing , and then I could n't stop |
| 5 | And this smell lasted for about half an hour and then , then I could n't smell it again . |
| 6 | I 'd taken a year off just before I found out I was pregnant , because I 'd badly needed a break and then I could n't work looking fat . |
| 7 | I wandered off , then I could n't find my way back … ’ |
| 8 | Never yes so I thought let them come and they wanted you to be there and then I could n't rid of I just could n't get them to change their minds you know they just wanted you there and I said |
| 9 | ‘ It was so dark I could hardly see where to put my cross on the voting slip — and then I could n't get to the ballot box which was situated in a poky little office . |
| 10 | Then I could n't get a job . |
| 11 | And then I could not loose . ’ |
| 12 | The gaslight flickered in the alley — and then I could not bear that he should be out of my sight . |
| 13 | If I was to give my life to this orchestra then I could not allow that someone throw me out at a moment 's notice . |
| 14 | Then I could not forgive how ( she said ) she would often hit my husband when he was a little boy and naughty , on his bare bottom , with the bristles of a hairbrush . |
| 15 | If you want special dishes with a difference that still have a sense of occasion and which are both tasty and good for you , then you could n't do better than choosing Tilda Basmati rice . |
| 16 | Obviously er if er you came in in the morning and you were n't feeling to good , for whatever reason , then you could n't slack back and say och well I 'll just take my time with this . |
| 17 | You were condemned of people then you could n't care a damn about it cos you could n't do anything about it because your methods of running a country was a waste of time . |
| 18 | ‘ Then you could not have known our law . ’ |
| 19 | Then she could not restrain herself , pounced with a sharp cry on a smear under the handle of the colander . |
| 20 | Then she could not work properly and it was imperative she worked or her new collection would never be ready on time . |
| 21 | For a second she saw a man on top of the rock , then she could not see him behind the waves . |
| 22 | And then she could n't cope with going out to the people there . |
| 23 | Then she could n't go so I did n't go on my own . |
| 24 | ‘ If that were true , then she could n't love you very much , Harry , ’ Alice said quietly . |
| 25 | If Luke was involved with Harry Martin in some unsavoury dealings then she could n't hide the fact . |
| 26 | Until she could prove without the shadow of a doubt that he was n't in league with Harry Martin then she could n't risk doing that , no matter how she might long to . |
| 27 | tapes the first one , then she could n't get another one until |
| 28 | Then she could n't help but add , ‘ It 's amazing how educated some of the ignorant people are . |
| 29 | And there was all that messing about there , and then we could n't foresee the wagon having two punctures , blah , blah , blah and the rest of it ! |
| 30 | But then we could n't have foreseen your future , or mine . |