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- phrase Could not have.
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Examples
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I heard him sayin 'he could not be everywhere at yince, an' couldna 'both watch coal thieves an' tattie stealin 'at yin an' the same time. "
The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh
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“I couldna think straight for worry that Moreland had taken you away,” he whispered when he broke the kiss.
Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011
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Eckerlund, if your knowledge of outdoorsmanship is as weak as your knowledge of the constitution, you couldna gut a fish if it came with a zipper.
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Eckerlund, if your knowledge of outdoorsmanship is as weak as your knowledge of the constitution, you couldna gut a fish if it came with a zipper.
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“I couldna think straight for worry that Moreland had taken you away,” he whispered when he broke the kiss.
Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011
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They couldna been no more than eleven, maybe tweleve, but they knew who he was.
Daddy Long Stroke Cairo 2010
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Colum thought perhaps you were an English spy, though he couldna imagine in that case why you'd no Gaelic.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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I couldna tell anything except the man was on top.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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He couldna say enough about ye—how ye seemed tae thrive whenever ye visited.
The Shattering Christie Golden 2010
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He couldna say enough about ye—how ye seemed tae thrive whenever ye visited.
The Shattering Christie Golden 2010
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