Example sentences of "why [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within seconds the blood from the gash that once been the left side of my head had poured all over the side of my face and filled up my left eye ; so that was why I could not see . |
| 2 | ‘ There is no reason why I could n't unlock 45 flats for homeless people for nine or 10 months . |
| 3 | You 'd have to get rid of a lot of your assumptions before you could fully appreciate why I could n't live with a man I do n't love , or I do n't think you could ever understand why I ca n't accept to be maintained , to put myself at the disposal of another , be in another 's company twenty-four hours a day , share another 's pleasures and pains — and so on . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ That 's why I could never be a Tory . ’ |
| 5 | If the driver had seen that I was hurt , he would have stopped , and I was not up to explaining why I could not accept a lift . |
| 6 | You see it is only a routine matter and they will not be able to understand why I could n't get you to fill it in . |
| 7 | That 's why I could never hold Ann-Marie responsible for what 's happened . |
| 8 | Leroy Brown , at one stage a prodigious sprinter , reflected on a career which never materialized : ‘ I just do n't know why I could n't put it together when it mattered . |
| 9 | That 's why I could n't call you . |
| 10 | ‘ They said there was nothing wrong with me and there should n't be any reason why I could n't carry a child , ’ she says . |
| 11 | ‘ I wanted to know why I could n't have children and what was wrong with me , rather than talk to other people who could n't . ’ |
| 12 | Explains why I could n't hack in from up here . ’ |
| 13 | There was more than one reason why I could not accompany Jean-Claude to America . |
| 14 | I did not have the skill to formulate sound arguments to counteract his taste for lawlessness , and explain why I could not partake in it . |
| 15 | I told all my friends what I was doing and they were supportive , although one or two wondered why I could n't do it by myself . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't understand why I could n't see that she was ill . ’ |
| 17 | It was a moving song , and I could see people with tears in their eyes , but I kept wondering why I could n't feel anything . |
| 18 | That 's why i could n't I thought I had n't got me pen . |
| 19 | ‘ He proceeded to spend four minutes telling me why I could n't have the job , and then said , ‘ I 'm sorry , my time is more or less up now ’ . |
| 20 | That 's why I could n't ooh I could n't stand to marry a man that 's drank you know . |
| 21 | We were climbing away at a very gentle angle and I could not understand why I could not move the controls . |
| 22 | She was n't booked with us , she was a few weeks early , and that 's why I could n't bring her to mind straight away . ’ |
| 23 | That explains why I could n't see where she lived . |
| 24 | This is why I could n't start that , but I have . |
| 25 | That 's why I could n't keep my eyes ! |
| 26 | That 's why I could n't live there cos I 'd be fucking , I 'd be every night . |
| 27 | And Dot considered her pigeon-hearted father and wondered why she could never recall his face . |
| 28 | She had decided what must have happened to him , why he was taking so long to return , and why she could never recall his face . |
| 29 | Constance realised why she could hold her own in this elegant crowd : she was different because she was foreign but , more important , admirable because she was British . |
| 30 | God alone knew what the girl did after the golden boy had gone off to sell his 57 varieties , heaven only knew why she could n't get herself dressed before ten o'clock . |