Example sentences of "he could [not/n't] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew he was so incensed he could n't control himself ; I could n't blame him for the fury which inhabited him . |
| 2 | Morrissey 's retreat was probably due to a realisation that he could n't control his own public persona . |
| 3 | He drank thirstily , spilling some of the water because he could n't control his shudders . |
| 4 | In the last eight months of the marriage , he could n't control his temper . |
| 5 | I mean there was , there was a wonderful Times cartoon , I do n't know if you saw it , of Yeltsin showing all the troubles he , he could n't control his government , there were economic problems , people were being nasty to him apparently as he was saying how do we manage and it turns out of course at the end , the final kick line is he 's talking about John Major 's situation . |
| 6 | But he could n't control it , for all his knowledge , and it would lift his hair into bristles so that he looked like Desperate Dan and she could n't help but laugh until his fragile ego wobbled and then he shouted and then she loved him more , more than when he was intact . |
| 7 | And there was one boss — well , if he could n't spell your name you 'd had it . |
| 8 | He could n't manage it and he said that he felt that he had to stop being an MP er for several reasons , one of them was that he thought most MPs like he agreed he was at certain times , were out of touch . |
| 9 | I did take it up with the Attorney-General but he felt he could n't refer it on to the next court . |
| 10 | And if the lad said he could n't borrow it . |
| 11 | He was silent only because he could n't think what to say to her , He walked with her , looked polite , and noted that her teeth and her temper seemed fair , and she was fine and broad across the hips for child-bearing . |
| 12 | For a moment he could n't think what was worrying her , until he remembered his make-up . |
| 13 | He could n't think what to say to her . |
| 14 | No doubt there was an answer to that , too , but he could n't think what it was . |
| 15 | ‘ He could n't tolerate them , ’ she said . |
| 16 | It was a bitter summary of their unhappy affair , but compunction ensued , because it was n't Luke 's fault that he could n't love her , even if he had no right to despise her , so she added neutrally , ‘ There 's a Chinese tea-house or tea-garden — I 'm not sure what it 's really called — not far from here that intrigues me , and I 've been wanting to go and find out what it 's all about ever since I first passed it . |
| 17 | He could n't leave it there for long . |
| 18 | Tata had complained often enough that he could n't leave his two assistants at the shop for more than an hour before something was certain to go wrong . |
| 19 | Erm and as you said he , he could n't leave his notes . |
| 20 | He could n't recollect anything similar having happened to him . |
| 21 | I later found him in a dressing room with a cigarette in his hand , but he was shaking so much he could n't light it . ’ |
| 22 | He reached the medical centre with a sense of relief , and pushed the door open , holding it for Karnstein , since even though he disliked her , he could n't neglect his duties as an officer and a gentleman . |
| 23 | He could n't mean she belonged to him — that would be the last thing either of them would want — but the predatory gleam in his eyes said differently , and an involuntary spark of anticipation was born deep inside her . |
| 24 | He could n't mean he was n't going to let her in . |
| 25 | He could n't mean it . |
| 26 | He could n't mean it would be another week before she left Rocamar . |
| 27 | He was trying to , he was doing a laugh laughing fit last night , he was , he , he could n't tell me what he was trying to tell me . |
| 28 | He could n't tell me a price . |
| 29 | Then on June 15th I went to John 's from work and was told Clare had had an accident , but he could n't tell me how serious . |
| 30 | He could n't tell what she put away at her private views . |