She had a claim, although hecould not have said of what it was constituted.
Though hecould not have said why, it made him feel uneasy.
On the way to the Tube station he held her arm tightly, but whether to impart courage or receive it he could not have said, so strung-up in spirit did he feel her.
His reason agreed, his instinct rebelled; he could not have said why.
In truth, he had noticed something, though what he could not have said.
This was a feeling of loathing for something--whether for Alexey Alexandrovitch, or for himself, or for the whole world, he could not have said.
Vronsky gazed, never taking his eyes from her, and smiled, he could not have said why.
But all the time he was uncomfortable and angry, he could not have said why--whether because he could not get his epigram just right, or from some other reason.
He could not have said how he knew that, for it stood motionless in its empty clearing, not a branch trembling, yet in its immobility more awfully vital than any animate thing.
He could not have said why, but it woke in him an inner disquiet so strong that after a moment's staring he turned his eyes away.
In the first place, he says: "I could not have saidthat 'Dr.
What he means is this: "I could not have said that 'Dr.
Though what he sought there he could not have said.
His voice grew stronger, though again he could not have said why.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "could not have said" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
