Example sentences of "[verb] and you could not " in BNC.
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| 1 | I says that 's got ta be Warren , it could n't be anybody else , so when I come down I went off like , well I tell ya I ca n't do it , so I knew it was so I picked up the wrong she says oh I 'm just ringing because you can see what the weather is she says and you could n't go and do a day in erm , with your |
| 2 | You could n't fool him , we used to play hide and seek and you could n't fool him . |
| 3 | The heat surge grill thing in the car had broken and you could n't just buy a n individual switch you er had to buy the whole thing and it was |
| 4 | Oh it was after the First World War because everything was rationed and you could n't buy onions but er I 'd say it was about seventy years ago |
| 5 | the knee bent and you could n't straighten it . |
| 6 | I wanted to keep the back door locked and you could n't do that from inside . |
| 7 | The sign was peeling and you could n't read it from the other side of the square but the Three Towns knew who Whalbys ' were without that . |