Example sentences of "i [vb mod] not be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I would n't cos I , I ca n't if I saw you in the street I do n't know you I could n't be , I could n't be attracted to you . |
| 32 | No it 's true , it 's true I , I could n't be attracted to you . |
| 33 | I could n't be expected to tell now whether she was live or Memorex . |
| 34 | ‘ Quite frankly , Ken and I could n't be bothered to let our place and give out all those orders . ’ |
| 35 | I could n't be bothered to go to the toilet and they always came and changed me . |
| 36 | Yeah , but I could n't be bothered to go all the way back there and change it again ! |
| 37 | Because I could n't be bothered to cook it . |
| 38 | Yes it only wants stitching up , I said er really I could sit and do it now but I could n't be bothered . |
| 39 | I just felt I could n't be bothered |
| 40 | Mm no I could n't be bothered . |
| 41 | Erm , I probably would have done because I made lots of mistakes and I could n't be bothered to go back and check them ! |
| 42 | Cos I could n't be bothered and I was n't dressed and it would be going all over to south London . |
| 43 | He 's just putting , just putting , I got three eggs , I was just putting them on the bed I could n't be bothered with them then . |
| 44 | I 've been so thirsty for the last hour , I could n't be bothered to go and find a drink . |
| 45 | No I could n't be bothered to do mine last night |
| 46 | pathetic , it 's gon na freeze up again this afternoon down at Bournemouth , gon na have fish off the pier , go for some bees , but I could n't be bothered but there was nothing , it was too damn cold , it must of been minus five with the wind chill factor |
| 47 | PEG ( tender ) : I told you I could n't be cumbered . |
| 48 | I was gon na go up today but I could n't be fagged . |
| 49 | I knew I could n't be caught . |
| 50 | Francis said : ‘ I could n't be held responsible for the weather . |
| 51 | But it is easy to see what the sceptic will say at this point , quite apart from the implied oddity that there is a claim which I could not be justified in making but which another can be justified in making for me . |
| 52 | ‘ My business might be in a position where I could not be involved ’ , he warned . |
| 53 | The point is that if I could not be distinguished from others in some way , then the utterance ‘ It 's me ’ would be useless . |
| 54 | After all , I could not be punished for the death of Victor Frankenstein if he was not dead . |
| 55 | My father said I could not be received . |
| 56 | Though they were spoken for my benefit , I could not be assumed to share the same norms . |
| 57 | I could not be bled and have been dealt more than a hundred blows so that I got a thorough grinding . ) |
| 58 | Then I got so that I could not be bothered . |
| 59 | I was reminding the golfing spirits that I could not be caught napping . |
| 60 | ‘ It 's very kind of you , but I 'd not be allowed one . ’ |