Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [pron] can [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason for this is that many people have a fear which they can not conceal of anything or anybody who reminds them of death ; knowing that contact with a grieving widow will exacerbate these fears they tend , after expressing their sympathy by word or letter , and sending flowers to the funeral , to withdraw to a safe distance ‘ to give her time to get over it ’ just when she needs them most . |
| 2 | She is talking about an enemy which you can not see or hear or smell . ’ |
| 3 | In some ways they are even better than our own , for a squid can distinguish polarised light which we can not do and their retinas have a finer structure which means , almost certainly , that they can distinguish finer detail than we can . |
| 4 | Moreover , you know that I become quite powerless whenever I am obliged to write for an instrument which I can not bear [ the flute ] . |
| 5 | He will try to obtain by force what he can not achieve by the correct use of the aids as taught by the classical school . ’ |
| 6 | However , if we keep on going , extrapolating backwards into the past , when we get to about a tenth of a second , or a hundredth of a second after the beginning , if we want to push earlier than that we 've got to start using physics which we can not test directly on earth . |
| 7 | There are some types of case which it can not sustain , and some which do not need it in order to remain at home ; but there is a group — those with relatively severe dementia , probably living alone , and unable to receive the care they need from elsewhere ( usually because they do not have able and willing involved relatives ) who appear unlikely to have remained at home had it not been for the involvement of the Home Support Project . |
| 8 | He pointed out that although my title was an attractive one — since there was such a thing as a ‘ servile ’ society , namely a totalitarian one — the reader would assume that I was using the word liberal in the modern sense , which was certainly not my intention , He then went meticulously through my argument , and it almost pained me that he should take so much trouble over a work which I can not think it deserved . |
| 9 | But environmentalists have pointed out that it is already being used by western companies to dump toxic materials with impunity which they can not dispose of legally in the west . |
| 10 | It sometimes happens that the Pump Wagon 's move means it has to traverse terrain which it can not cross . |
| 11 | She really has this er attitude which I can not understand because erm a a as I think it was Al Reeve said , you know , erm some people ca n't bear children , we ca n't , but we like them but if you have actually borne children , you are in other words a mother , you 've got ta have a attitude , not only to children in general but to your children in particular , which is very very difficult for er a male to understand and a non-father , it 's gon na be very very difficult cos I personally do n't have any children at all and therefore it is very very difficult for me to even comprehend but given that I can erm I can sympathize with something I do not comprehend it must be monumentally difficult for her |
| 12 | The sceptic insists that there is a difference between the two hypotheses , but that it is evidence-transcendent , i.e. that it is a difference which you can not tell ; and he concludes from this that you do n't know which situation you are really in . |
| 13 | The next is Celebrant , the Silverlode which they can not ford but have to cross on ropes . |
| 14 | In the lower house of parliament the home minister , Shankarrao Chavan , told members : ‘ The Maharashtra ( state ) government has … gathered evidence of vital importance which I can not reveal now . ’ |
| 15 | Before the vote , the home minister , Shankarrao Chavan , told members : ‘ The Maharashtra ( state ) government has … gathered evidence of vital importance which I can not reveal now . ’ |
| 16 | The patient may try to use his ‘ good ’ side to compensate for the affected side of his body which he can not move at will . |
| 17 | When it is apparent that external circumstances have changed , you have to decide whether to cry chicken and run too early , or continue to reinforce and spend time , money and ever increasing numbers of your best people , who are invariably sucked into the most difficult areas of the battle , trying to fight a war which you can not win . |
| 18 | I have several directories on my hard disk which I can not delete/erase . |
| 19 | Soon afterwards I became openly rebellious at school and , after some final misdemeanour which I can not recall but suspect to have been trivial , I was asked to leave . |
| 20 | But apart from the general implausibility of this suggestion , there is surely one sceptical argument which he can not reject in this way . |
| 21 | For I am surprised and enchanted often by some quality which I can not detect . |
| 22 | If , faute-de-mieux , it has to be accepted , notice should immediately be given to the company , making it clear that this is a notice which it can not disregard in relation to any lien it may claim , and an attempt should be made to obtain information about the amount , if any , then owed to the company . |
| 23 | Trotsky ( 1971 ) suggested that fascist governments emerge not where class forces are ‘ balanced ’ , but rather when the bourgeoisie has already lost its battle with the working class ; only in these circumstances will capitalists concede a very high level of autonomy to a fascist political party or social movement which they can not control . |
| 24 | Every evening he listens to one of the masters — Schubert , Schumann , Beethoven , Brahms — a habit which he can not miss without physical anguish . |
| 25 | She never met any men until she met the young man whom I can not think of as my father . |
| 26 | If you have a large bill which you can not pay you may be able to go on the fuel direct scheme and deductions will be made from your benefit each week to pay for your current fuel consumption and any arrears . |
| 27 | Not being in the present will contribute a great deal to the unhappiness caused by worries and anxieties of modem-day living , because we allow our minds to dwell upon the past which we can not change and the future which has not yet happened . |
| 28 | You feel guilty in the here and now about things that happened in the past which you can not correct . |
| 29 | The answer is one of two things — a Labour government which he can not influence for the good , or a Labour government which he turns out in a few months , provoking another election . |
| 30 | Yesterday afternoon , well it started off on Saturday and he ended up outside that house I 'm outside ours there was three cars in the drive which you can not get ! |