Example sentences of "[adv] [vb mod] [not/n't] [be] bother " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drummer 's th the very stupid one , and the bassist basically ca n't be bothered at all , you know . |
| 2 | We were not surprised that our son just could not be bothered . |
| 3 | It 's just and it 's so , it 's like it was raining the other day when we went to go out and just could not be bothered . |
| 4 | I just could n't be bothered . |
| 5 | They just could n't be bothered half the time . |
| 6 | well that 's a a place like Morecambe I just could n't be bothered . |
| 7 | Well I did n't because I just could n't be bothered to put the oven on to get as hot as that for such short period of time . |
| 8 | I will be 83 next week and just ca n't be bothered any more … |
| 9 | They have to invent so many for other people they just ca n't be bothered when it comes to themselves . ’ |
| 10 | There 's a little boy in the nursery , and the the nursery teacher says he 's he 's thick , for a , he 's four , and he 's with the younger ones , and she said he 's thick because , erm , he just ca n't be bothered , but what it is , he knows it , |
| 11 | The bassist just ca n't be bothered . |
| 12 | No , I think , in other cases , they just ca n't be bothered to give you feedback . |
| 13 | It just needs somebody to have a look at it , but I just ca n't be bothered . |
| 14 | Just ca n't be bothered about that yet Richard ! |
| 15 | Meantime anyone wishing to help can offer to do the shopping , cleaning , washing and ironing — all the things that a bereaved person just can not be bothered with . |
| 16 | The powers that be just can not be bothered . |
| 17 | Erm er what about the wor possibly a word like indifferent but it 's not a very common word in the English language , possibly would n't be bothered or something like that . |
| 18 | I I usually ca n't be bothered |
| 19 | And it had been little comfort to realise — since he clearly could n't be bothered to even make the effort to get in touch with her — that her marriage had obviously been a disastrous mistake from the very beginning . |
| 20 | ‘ I honestly ca n't be bothered to bullshit , ’ he says . |
| 21 | To converse with the doctor she would have to speak with unnatural care and lucidity , and she really could n't be bothered . |
| 22 | I really could n't be bothered . |
| 23 | Mary said she really could not be bothered . |
| 24 | He looked up as Corbett entered , smiled and half rose before slumping back into the seat again as if he really could not be bothered . |
| 25 | Erm hang on I 've got quite a lot , I 'm meant to be going to choir tonight but I really ca n't be bothered , I mean |
| 26 | I was thinking of going up for something myself , but I really ca n't be bothered to move actually . |
| 27 | I really can not be bothered . |
| 28 | Oh it was when we were gon na go to the cinema and I phoned Marion and I said no , I really can not be bothered , it 's just pouring down with rain , had |
| 29 | He knew very well that , without my running to and fro , the passengers mostly would n't be bothered to move to drink , so he accepted fast , no doubt considering me a mug as well as an actor . |
| 30 | Under strain for a start because it was technically ill-equipped to avert disaster or to cope with the consequences when disaster struck ; under strain from commercial pressures which , as the inquiry puts it , ‘ compromised ’ safety ; under strain above all because the people on the spot could n't or would n't cope , were weary from gruesome working hours ( the senior signal technician who heads the list of the culpable had had only one day off in the past 13 weeks ) , lacked adequate training , or simply could n't be bothered . |