Example sentences of "[pron] can [not/n't] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Lady Lavinia , ’ Theda said firmly , ‘ even were I to give you my advice , which must necessarily be based on very little knowledge , I can not for a moment imagine that you would take it . ’ |
| 2 | I can not for the life of me imagine a place as distant as Italy . |
| 3 | I can not for the life of me understand anglers who use those lifeless , poker-like , stepped-up carp rods coupled with lines of 12lb or less . |
| 4 | Only my problem is , all my package-tour details were in the small valise , and — would you believe it ? — I can not for the life of me recall where I am checked in . |
| 5 | I can not for the life of me see why children have to take so long to grow up . |
| 6 | I can not for the life of me see why the County Council as the Statutory Authority and supposedly an independent er er body to British Coal is so resistant to a full public inquiry when only the clear er proposals of British Coal will come out . |
| 7 | I can not for the life of me see why they 're so resistant to it . |
| 8 | I can not for the life of me see this is a reasonable attitude on the part of the County Council . |
| 9 | I can not for the life of me see Wilko releasin Rocky , especially for only 1 Million . |
| 10 | In our work we can not for a moment disregard them , yet we are never sure that we are seeing them clearly . |