Example sentences of "not [adj] i could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've given me an elbow crutch , and I can make the journey perfectly well now , if I thought the blasted train would stay on the lines , but there 's not much I could do once I got to Moila , is there , if I ca n't walk ? |
| 2 | It was a sickeningly familiar story and there was not much I could say , apart from expressing regret and understanding . |
| 3 | I 'm not sure I could stand shlapping up and down to that bloody clinic time and time again . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not sure I could stand the pain if I found myself being exchanged for a newer model ! ’ |
| 5 | " I am not sure I could do as well as you say in politics . |
| 6 | Cos you 're thinking , oh dear this is a bit I 'm not sure I could do this on my own . |
| 7 | I walk into the terminal thinking , Well , at least there is n't that smell of sewage around you sometimes get when you arrive in dear old Embra ; I 'm not sure I could handle that right now . |
| 8 | Not sure I could recognize the murderer again anyway . |
| 9 | Someone recently said to me ‘ I 'm gradually getting over the death of my husband , but if I had realized all the extra work I would have I 'm not sure I could have coped . |
| 10 | But between you and me , I 'm not sure I could have managed . |
| 11 | I knew in advance , but there was n't much I could do . |
| 12 | Oh , I knew he was drinking , drinking heavily at that , but there was n't much I could do about it . |
| 13 | There was n't much I could tell 'em except ter give 'em a description o' the Italian-lookin' bloke . |
| 14 | I was n't sure I could make up my own mind . |
| 15 | I was n't sure I could do it justice and he was n't sure either . |
| 16 | I was n't sure I could speak even if I had anything to say . |