Example sentences of "that [pers pn] could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I also found that I could n't sit down properly , ’ says Otis . |
| 2 | Except that I could n't sit up straight . |
| 3 | That I could n't tell you . |
| 4 | I replied that I could n't dance . |
| 5 | Well that women in yours other week that I could n't do this save , I 'm sorry sir but you 're under sixty five . |
| 6 | No , I ju I just had a look at that I could n't do anything . |
| 7 | Because when I read the leaflet on that crucial afternoon , it turned out that I could n't start swallowing the pills on any old day : the course had to begin at a particular point in my menstrual cycle . |
| 8 | Except that I could n't move . |
| 9 | No harm done , or anything — I had a bet with a friend that I could n't con you . ’ |
| 10 | It was n't only that I could n't lift myself off the ground but that I was stuck to it in some way . |
| 11 | They did n't know what he was so excited about , and his father was disgusted to find that I could n't draw a footballer ( an unKerridgean species ) . |
| 12 | I felt like shit and I was trying so hard not to think of Lewis and Verity that I could n't think about anything else , but the day was fabulous ; clear and cold , the sky crystal blue and reflecting in the waters of hill-cupped lochans and the glinting length of Loch Add . |
| 13 | Which is why I made up my mind to come and tell you first thing that I could n't think of anyone I 'd rather Naylor married . ’ |
| 14 | Erm he , he then obviously goes on to erm to erm talk about peasant bans and prohibitions erm and for some incredible reason the peasants suddenly take a disliking to gaming , gambling and opium smoking , three things that I could n't think of anything I 'd like to do more , erm |
| 15 | One thing I can remember about that evening was that I could n't eat anything . |
| 16 | Before my first evening class in English I was no nervous that I could n't eat ! |
| 17 | The classical piece Cale always claimed was in him never emerged , mainly because the showman in him would n't let it go : ‘ there was just so much chaos going on , in my personal and creative life , that I could n't finish … |
| 18 | I 'd told him before that I could n't sing a note but he 'd obviously ignored it . |
| 19 | I had already got some friends who came from my primary school but I realized that I could n't stay friends forever with them . |
| 20 | ‘ Nobody believes it was my idea , ’ he sighs , ‘ But about eight months ago I explained that I could n't carry on working those hours . |
| 21 | ‘ As a senior director , I 'm used to having complete creative authority while making a film and I found that I could n't carry out my job in the manner to which I had become accustomed . |
| 22 | ‘ Nobody believes it was my idea , ’ he sighs , ‘ But about eight months ago I explained that I could n't carry on working those hours . |
| 23 | I thought we 'd been getting on pretty well but as Father 's Day approached , Joe made it clear that I could n't hope to be any more than just second best |
| 24 | The squash had an undertaste that I could n't identify but it was n't unpleasant and I happily drank it . |
| 25 | I also told him of my affection for you and that I could n't injure you by marrying you without love . |
| 26 | I even had a tickle between my shoulder-blades that I could n't reach |
| 27 | And I was told that he was going to die shortly , and that if I wished , the measures that they were using with the respirator could be removed at my request , because he was in a terminal stage ; it was just a matter of time , and I really felt that I could n't make that decision myself . |
| 28 | It was hard to explain to a youngster who was bright but not particularly well educated that I could n't make a nerve work . |
| 29 | They still played sickening games that I could n't avoid , like putting sperm on each other 's nose and calling one another Merkin and Muffin , for God 's sake . |
| 30 | Very few athletes enter sport without the assistance and encouragement of a teacher who might innocently create serious tensions , as with Jackie Jackson , whose PE teacher strengthened her commitment to athletics , a commitment which proved destructive to her educational aims , as she pointed out : ‘ I was spending so much time in athletics that I could n't give enough time to my ‘ A ’ levels . ’ |