Example sentences of "he could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Walter Machin was just what we went for in those days : we were all daft about him could n't think o' anything else , from morn to night . ’ |
| 2 | On the way back he pulled up on the side of the road and just said mum and him could n't live together any more . ’ |
| 3 | Morrissey 's retreat was probably due to a realisation that he could n't control his own public persona . |
| 4 | The Feldwebel looked disappointed at having to endure a situation which he could n't control . |
| 5 | He drank thirstily , spilling some of the water because he could n't control his shudders . |
| 6 | I knew he was so incensed he could n't control himself ; I could n't blame him for the fury which inhabited him . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In the last eight months of the marriage , he could n't control his temper . |
| 9 | heads it towards Stone but he could n't control that . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was a tense moment for everyone because he could n't control where he landed or his speed . |
| 12 | His features were regular but he had a distinct cast in one eye , so that he could n't stare straight at her without looking somewhere else . |
| 13 | And there was one boss — well , if he could n't spell your name you 'd had it . |
| 14 | Oh yeah the magic potion I was in my lab when a big bang went off it was very nossy cos John he could n't spell noisy ! |
| 15 | I reckon he could easily have shot 64 again in the last round , but he could n't hole a putt . |
| 16 | He could n't manage the other though . |
| 17 | He could n't manage the arithmetic . |
| 18 | He could n't manage half his share , but he was helped by the others , especially George , whose appetite was bottomless . |
| 19 | Now he knew he could n't manage without a butler . |
| 20 | When he could n't manage that either , he radioed for assistance . |
| 21 | He went up Yes , and he could n't manage could he ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | he could n't manage to think and I 've never learnt how to manage to , that erm , the engine , so we got rid of the boat and then our son he 's got a big boat , he 's got a real speedboat , a real big one and Julian he 's got a smaller speedboat , so both of the boys go there , when we go camping we always have a good time because it 's all a family affair like , you know , always get together and erm go on , on a boat , fishing , having fresh mackerels come back and clean them up and fry them straight fresh from the sea , never tasted as fresh , fresh as , fresher fish than , than |
| 24 | I did take it up with the Attorney-General but he felt he could n't refer it on to the next court . |
| 25 | ‘ He could n't cure a side of bacon , ’ muttered Jackie . |
| 26 | Alright he knew he had to go to afterwards , half past three , but he could n't unwind one bit there . |
| 27 | And if the lad said he could n't borrow it . |
| 28 | In other words , he could n't benefit from the property or the dividends on the shares , or any part of the gift . ’ |
| 29 | But he could n't invent a love that had never been there and he felt that Lou would be better off without him . |
| 30 | Still he could n't reply , his head too full of questions to which he did n't particularly want to know the answers . |