Example sentences of "[v-ing] and could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boswell burst out laughing and could not stop — the very idea : that Johnson , ‘ that majestic teacher of moral and religious wisdom ’ , should keep a harem , and had often thought of it . |
| 2 | I began sneezing and could n't stop ; nor could several of our neighbours who 'd shared in the shower . |
| 3 | She felt the colour rising and could n't control it . |
| 4 | Suddenly she started crying and could n't stop . |
| 5 | it 's like when she asked her whether she would change her hours from half past nine to six to cover the office and said no I 'm quite happy doing what I 'm doing and could n't have coped with the confrontation you see . |
| 6 | Brian Sommerville , for Elstob , said he had been drinking and could not remember the attack . |
| 7 | Afterwards he became very ill and had difficulty breathing and could not walk at all . |