Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [adv] understand [art] word " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I could n't understand a word he was saying . ’ |
2 | The island dialect was difficult , even for other Greeks , and I could n't understand a word . |
3 | It was half way through , and she could not understand a word of the dialogue and was surprised and rather indignant that she could not understand , for she had genuinely looked forward , with half of herself , to seeing a picture : as it was , she found herself obliged to concentrate on the other aspects of the affair . |
4 | He always talked nicely to the Men even though they could not understand a word he said . |
5 | He could n't understand a word of it . |
6 | The Belgian watched the television , of which he could not understand a word . |