Example sentences of "[pron] can not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to have a family one day but I can not think about next week , let alone something as important as that , ’ she added with already familiar coyness . |
| 2 | I can not think of many times when I have been able to say that the Green party is very much on our side in this matter . |
| 3 | I can not think of one argument against staying warm and dry . |
| 4 | I can not think of any flower that does not press better for being taken apart , although of course you will have to spend time putting it back together again when you want to use it . |
| 5 | I can not think of any United States naval officer whom I would sooner have in his place in those near-impossible circumstances . |
| 6 | Now I could write a book on Workers I have known and they are worth a mention here , because I can not think of any other branch of agriculture , but organics , where people will almost pay to work for you . |
| 7 | In fact , I can not think of any great golfers afflicted with legs divergent from the normal . |
| 8 | I can not comment on that case . |
| 9 | No , I can not comment on that , but it is relevant to the contract negotiations for Trident 08 — we must protect the public Exchequer precisely from the problem of a monopoly single buyer . |
| 10 | I can not comment on individual cases without all the information available in front of me . |
| 11 | I am sure that she will appreciate that I can not comment on individual cases , particularly those among the ones that she has mentioned that might come before me . |
| 12 | ‘ But I can not comment on any suggestion that he was worried about his exams in any way . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I am afraid I can not comment at all , ’ said Sir Donald Hall , deputy chairman of GEC-Marconi . |
| 14 | Names on the short-list are confidential and I can not comment at this stage . ’ |
| 15 | getting attacked in pubs you know like that 's happened to me , being verbally assaulted in the street has happened to me because I am with my lover who is a woman , who publicly I can not show like that love , publicly you know cos oh I 'm scared of violence you know , I like my face the way it is . |
| 16 | Barrister and writer Nemone Lethbridge , not a fan herself , wrote in TV Times , ‘ I can not laugh at this massive dose of humiliation and embarrassment . |
| 17 | I can not stand beside this chairman and say otherwise . |
| 18 | I can not answer for other members of the United Nations , but in our meeting last week I certainly drew attention to the necessity for ensuring that the United Nations had the right financial and material aid to complete the tasks that we have set it . |
| 19 | His poem about Mesmer is a great puzzle to me , as I can not tell with any certainty what is his attitude to Animal Magnetism , whether mocking or endorsing , and this is so with other of his work , so that often one is led to wonder whether there is not a great pother of talk about nothing much . |
| 20 | ‘ I can not go on any more . ’ |
| 21 | I can not go into all the options if you should be unfortunate enough to be attacked . |
| 22 | I have made the point about the SERPS buy-back provisions and the guarantee involved , but I can not go beyond that . |
| 23 | I say you might — because of course I can not speak with any certainty upon that point — as you might wish to be granted . |
| 24 | I can not speak for other hypnotherapists , but for myself I do not think it is a good idea . |
| 25 | Erm I can not speak for other districts , and they are a far |
| 26 | ‘ I can not speak for all here , but for myself I say this . |
| 27 | I can not agree with that . |
| 28 | But I regret I can not agree with some of the reasoning in the judgments . |
| 29 | But since I represent the country , I can not agree with this , ’ he stated . |
| 30 | ‘ I can not listen to this ! ’ yelled Dr Ali . |