Example sentences of "[adj] but [pers pn] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I try to explain to the two silver boots [ now accompanied by the projectionist , drinking tea ] what is wrong but I can not make myself heard even out here . |
| 2 | You can keep a people ignorant but you can not make them ignorant — ‘ Tom Paine ? ’ |
| 3 | Mr Howe said : ‘ Our general performances have been fine but we can not score goals . |
| 4 | When I arrived at the rehearsal the leader of the orchestra said , ‘ Mr von Karajan , I am sorry but we can not begin ; the singers are not here . ’ |
| 5 | Tell him that I am very sorry but I can not make exceptions . |
| 6 | Since the book had apparently served the purpose we asked for its return , only to be told by a shamefaced colleague : " I 'm awfully sorry but I can not remember where I put it . " |
| 7 | ‘ It was on a bearing of 280 degrees and was already west of the Falklands , so I 'm sorry but I can not see how you can say it was not sailing away from the Falklands when it was sunk . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The potential cost to Woolwich of refusing to pay in terms of damage to reputation and interest liabilities may have been commercially unacceptable but I can not regard it as involving duress on the part of the revenue . |
| 9 | We know we should find porn utterly repellent but we can not help finding it endlessly fascinating . |
| 10 | Secondly having put up this message when I try to exit windows it tells me that 1-2-3 is still active but I can not find a way to deactivate it . |
| 11 | My fees are competitive but I can not compete with the ‘ sweat shops ’ run by unqualified accountants who can bash out a ‘ set of accounts ’ for £200 . |
| 12 | There may be ‘ flaws ’ in our study of which we are not aware but we can not accept Basko and co-workers ' statement that blood smears from day 0 to day 8 , in-vitro sensitivity , and concentration studies were not done . |