Example sentences of "say [pers pn] could not [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | These puppies are thriving in the warm environment , their owner says you could n't get a better start for young bird dogs . |
| 2 | GILLIAN said you could n't make a general remark and then exclude half the human race , because fifty per cent of the time that someone will turn out to be female . |
| 3 | When they first came to this country — like my mum , when she first came she said she could n't find a place to live because people did n't want black people on their premises . |
| 4 | Mr Reid maintains he was refused the right to call witnesses on his behalf while Mrs Gerrie said she could not remember a request being made at the original hearing . |
| 5 | He said he could not return a verdict of unlawful killing because there was no evidence that the builders intended to kill the couple . |
| 6 | I said he could n't tell a line of dialogue from a line of coke and anyway his face was carved out of corned beef , and he threatened to punch me . |
| 7 | When they said he could n't have a parrot he 'd said ‘ Well , mice , then , white ones , ’ but his Dad had said he could n't have them either . |