Example sentences of "just could [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a long time I just could not face wearing them at home . |
| 2 | But early punters were betting on the idea of good going and well-backed Sovereign Rock just could not handle the faster conditions . |
| 3 | He just could not stop himself smiling , though . |
| 4 | Within a couple of days of taking this , she began to weep , and she then became very concerned because she just could not stop crying . |
| 5 | With a combined weekly circulation for the various editions of just under 24,000 , the company 's managing director Robert Read said yesterday that the decision to seek printers elsewhere was taken because the company just could not justify spending around 2m ( pounds ) on new printing machines in Aberystwyth . |
| 6 | Apart from these four there was also one carer ( a wife ) who fractured her hip and just could not manage to look after her husband any longer : ‘ he could not understand my condition and became nasty and demanding ’ . |
| 7 | And you just could not manage on the food that was provided . |
| 8 | Most houses had rows of jars with fermenting liquid — the only losers were the pubs who just could not compete with this almost free wine , which I remember — I had a sip or two when no-one was looking , was of sweet taste but with a real kick . |
| 9 | By the early Fifties , however , it was apparent the movie industry in Britain was beginning to run out of steam , losing ground to a younger , more immediate industry with which it just could not compete — Television . |
| 10 | They just could not finish . |
| 11 | But she knew then that , plagued and plagued again by the same thought during her fretful waking night-time hours , she just could not leave it . |
| 12 | Yeah I was really attracted to him but I just could not speak to him , it was awful , and like there used to be awful pauses and you 'd just go er right we 'd better get off with each other again because you ca n't bear the silence , it 's too uncomfortable so you used to , and then you go oh shit better get off with him again , it 's awful , he 's and he used to have such a , no personality at all . |
| 13 | Mixing spirits and wine can work surprisingly well , but not with this dish — pudding wines just could not cope with its intense brandy flavour . |
| 14 | Yeah , I worked with a voluntary group for a while and I remember helping one lady go through , she was raped , and go through the courts , and all her past life was brought up , I mean I was so upset for her and yet the fact that he had actually raped twice before was n't brought up , but her past life was brought up and the man actually got off in the end because she just could not cope with being on the stand and dealing with it all and it was just so terrible that , that , that the , the ina , |
| 15 | The Arsenal and England striker scored twice — his second goal one of pure genius — and left Everton manager Howard Kendall admitting : ‘ We just could not cope with him . |
| 16 | I just could not do without a diary that starts on Monday . |
| 17 | I just could not do it , somehow . |
| 18 | But he just could not give very very very difficult to actually deal with . |
| 19 | But when I later tried to find my way back to the dining-room to finish my meal , which should have been a simple thing to do , I just could not locate it at all . |
| 20 | Now in terms of whether it should be five thousand plus , that of course is a matter of whether there is demand , now my my conclusion , from my fairly extensive knowledge of Greater York , is that you just could not fit a new settlement that size satisfactorily into the settlement and landscape pattern of Greater York , or its immediate surrounds , I just can not identify a location where that could be where where the roads , the public transport , the landscape , or indeed the agricultural land quality , from now onto five an area , suitably large for that type of what would be a a new town . |
| 21 | Leith yelled , and as fury which she just could not contain spiralled out of control , her right hand arced through the air , and even as she hit him with all her strength , she was still yelling , ‘ Since it seems to be taking so long to sink in , you can bank on it — whoever pays my mortgage , you 're far , far at the back of the queue ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I just could not bear to see someone so young , and so obviously above those two cats , caught helplessly in that bleak place ! ’ |
| 23 | and I 've had that taken out because I could n't , I just could not stand it especially in hot weather ! |
| 24 | We again dominated for long periods just like against ‘ Pool on Saturday but just could not score . |
| 25 | Then , at a certain moment , I just could not go on with that any longer . |
| 26 | ‘ The set-up was not quite right and I just could not go quicker on my second flying run whatever I did . |
| 27 | Papers abroad realised they just could not match us — and did n't even bother to try . |
| 28 | She just could not think why you needed special socks if you slept in a single bed ! |
| 29 | She had been astonished before , but the words were barely out of her mouth when , causing her to be absolutely amazed , and with an effrontery she just could not credit , Naylor Massingham did no more than whip her spectacles from off her nose . |
| 30 | They just could not repeat what transpired . |