Example sentences of "[subord] i could [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no place you could go where I could n't reach you . |
| 2 | Although it 's interesting to hear the difference between these amps with a signal source as stable as the A2 , there was n't one where I could n't produce the desired sound simply by tweaking the combo 's own EQ . |
| 3 | You wore a damnably provocative outfit , made sure you draped yourself where I could n't help seeing you . ’ |
| 4 | I think you need to look again at the bit I 've marked above where I could n't understand it , and try to clear up the problem . |
| 5 | He braked in the slow corners , where I could not overtake , then on the straight , he accelerated and drove away , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I would sing to myself , perfectly content to be alone in my own dream world , imagining myself on television receiving an award for beating a world record and I would see my name and picture in the ‘ Guinness Book of Records ’ on the high bookshelf in my brother 's room where I could not reach it , and yet , through all those mornings of endless riding round the yard , I never once counted just how many times I had ridden around to see if I had beaten the previous morning 's record , so sure was my conviction of success ! |
| 7 | I looked uneasily at Martinho , who no doubt was n't too happy either , except I could n't see his eyes . |
| 8 | Although I could n't tell the difference at the time , I was in fact wrong yesterday and right today , and this is sufficient to ground a difference in the outside observer 's description of me as knowing today but not knowing yesterday . |
| 9 | I think from time to time , little bits of the Government do work reasonably well , and do respond reasonably well to county council and local authority initiatives , and although I could n't pretend that a hundred and , that twenty- five thousand pounds is going to solve the unemployment problem in Wiltshire , nor indeed solve the problem being created by the run- down of defence industry , nevertheless , I think credit should be given where credit 's due . |
| 10 | One final observation : It is possible , although I could n't reproduce the effect on the three models made , that a switch-mode power system may oscillate or be unstable on open or very light loads . |
| 11 | ‘ No it 's not , ’ I said feebly , although I could n't think why it was n't . |
| 12 | Although I could n't see her face properly , her tongue was painting my image by numbers . |
| 13 | Although I could n't wait to leave school once and for all so I could join Granpa permanently , if I ever played truant for as much as an hour he would n't take me to watch West Ham on Saturday afternoon or , worse , he 'd stop me selling on the barrow in the morning . |
| 14 | I was thrilled that someone as important as the Archbishop of Canterbury had taken the time to call me , although I could n't help but think it odd that an Archbishop was now leaving messages on the same answering machine as my mum . |
| 15 | And , as I met her eyes , I did have a memory of something , although I could n't have said what . |
| 16 | And I heard Monks say that he 'd seen Oliver in the street , and that he knew at once Oliver was the child he was looking for , although I could n't hear why . |
| 17 | It was jealousy , I suppose ; the fact that I had spotted a chance they had not , although I could n't get over the suspicion that their reaction to me had something to do with how Liza had told the story . |
| 18 | I think he might have been a security man of some kind , although I could n't prove it to you . |
| 19 | I understood her desire to shield , although I could n't agree with it . |
| 20 | When she announced she was leaving at the end of the term , I felt this to be the final betrayal , although I could not blame her , even then . |
| 21 | I was certain , although I could not have said why , that if I did not answer correctly this might well be the end . |
| 22 | Although I could not see it , we were travelling beside the lake where all these controversies were raging . |
| 23 | It was very full although I could not see properly what was in it because he kept the opening away from me . |
| 24 | Although I could not see his face , there was something unpleasing about him and I was glad I had a weapon . |
| 25 | ‘ For I wanted the opportunity to talk to you privately , ’ she told Theda quietly , ‘ although I could not see Araminta allowing it . ’ |
| 26 | Although I could not understand his language , I understood that they would be friendly towards me — if I did not try to harm them . |
| 27 | A magnified detail drew attention to the skin ; although I could not understand the symbols appended , it looked as if the idea was that the outer skin should have less sensibility , by the withdrawal of nerves and capilliary blood-vessels from the outer layers of the epidermis — in fact , that a sort of hide should develop over the flesh which would render its owner fairly immune to extremes of temperature . |
| 28 | Although I could not claim to have made a detailed ethnographic study of the school , the many visits enabled me to gain a fairly broad picture of its ‘ ethos ’ . |
| 29 | The next day was hot and sunny , but I needed food and water , so I could not stay on the moor . |
| 30 | But the priest said she could not live till morning , so I could not leave her . ’ |