Example sentences of "i could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I could still get in but I could n't lock the door say no bugger off . |
| 2 | ‘ I could n't move my fingers for cold . ’ |
| 3 | The relief was superb but I could n't move at all . |
| 4 | I could n't move much higher then because I got the opportunity to work for Jack Nicklaus ! |
| 5 | And it got to a point where I could n't move . |
| 6 | It was 7.45 when I opened my eyes and I could n't move . |
| 7 | ‘ I could n't move . |
| 8 | I could n't move the handle and yet it looked so easy when the man did it . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't go on tour to Norway — I could n't move . |
| 10 | It was 100°F outside the bus and 140°F inside , and the bus was so jammed I could n't move . |
| 11 | I could n't move a muscle , my whole body felt like jelly . |
| 12 | Mysteriously , a nurse later said that one night I got out of bed and walked to the toilet , and yet the next day I could n't move . |
| 13 | Two days before it , however , when we were running through some back moves , my back seemed to lock out and I could n't move freely at all . |
| 14 | GENEVIEVE CAUDEN : The professor came to me and said it was alright because the guy had shot himself , but I could n't move . |
| 15 | I could n't move it ! |
| 16 | I could n't move . |
| 17 | I was frozen there , I could n't move — just watching them . |
| 18 | But I could n't move . |
| 19 | They thrashed around , kicked and screamed and begged me to help … but I could n't move . |
| 20 | I could n't move my arms or legs , my body tingled all over and I had a terrible splitting headache . |
| 21 | ‘ I could n't move my arms or legs ’ |
| 22 | Except that I could n't move . |
| 23 | I 've had my fingers in his mouth for ages but I could n't move it . " |
| 24 | I 'm sure you can imagine how I felt the next morning — I could n't move a muscle ! |
| 25 | I had cut my hand on the gun : it was n't bleeding much but the little finger was bent sideways and I could n't move it . |
| 26 | I could hear everything that was going on , but I could n't move or speak . ’ |
| 27 | I was probably still thinking about that as I got back to Armstrong in Soho Square , which is why I reacted so slowly when the white Ford Capri screeched alongside Armstrong 's parking place and nosed into the kerb so I could n't move him . |
| 28 | The rubber was stretching and stretching and not tightening enough , and I could n't move my hands for fear of it tearing the flesh off a finger or biting my nose off . |
| 29 | I could feel an awful churning going on down there , and I was sure it would only end one way , but I could n't move . |
| 30 | Being pinned in the chair like that and I could n't move . |