Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [not/n't] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A substantial number of these students have either been speakers of RP or had accents only slightly different from it , and their usual reaction to being told to use for the vowel at the end of ‘ easy ’ , ‘ busy ’ has been one of puzzlement and frustration ; like them , I can not equate this vowel with the vowel of ‘ bit ’ . |
| 2 | God can not be the exclusive Father and I can not ascribe exclusive divinity to Jesus . |
| 3 | Upon the first point I can not feel any doubt . |
| 4 | I can not end this consideration of the basic puzzle mystery , the blueprint , without drawing attention to two fundamentals which may not at first seem necessary ingredients : story and form . |
| 5 | I can not end this section without a word on scratching . |
| 6 | I readily acknowledge that I can not expect definitive statements from the Minister when the answers given by his ministerial colleagues , who have greater legal experience than the Minister and I possess , are , to say the least , somewhat circumspect . |
| 7 | It seems I can not perform one task aright this eventide . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I will speak to him , ’ he said to her when they had got out of earshot , ‘ and see if I can not resolve this matter . ’ |
| 9 | He gazed down at her almost fiercely , his voice breaking as he told her , ‘ I can not endure another day like the last two weeks . ’ |
| 10 | I can not exhibit this picture . |
| 11 | ‘ I regret , I can not offer any refreshment , Madame , ’ he said with a smile . |
| 12 | And I fear I can not answer that question to anyone 's satisfaction . |
| 13 | I can not forget one match , when he scored four goals at Sheffield when England Under-21s beat us 6–1 . |
| 14 | To ask me to give commitments in advance of the review is an outrageous request , and I can not meet that commitment for the reasons that I have given . |
| 15 | I 'm the other spaceman baby But I can not do that mum . |
| 16 | and you find erm people like Lynn you know , bless her , who now , who is n't too bad when she 's not too bad and is n't too good when she 's not too good , you know , and it is such a very very Not only can you not put anything visibly in in common with everyone that 's got it , even the people that have got it ca n't say I can not do this period , they say oh well I 'm not too good now but maybe last week or maybe next week |
| 17 | Once Elizabeth used to say , ‘ Oh Hywel , Hywel , I can not skin that rabbit . |
| 18 | I give him credit for that , although I can not give much credit to his policy of favouring a 50 per cent . |
| 19 | I welcome the commitment that has been shown by the head of the governing body , but I can not give any hint of the decision that I will be taking by the end of February . |
| 20 | I can not give any estimate of its arrival . |
| 21 | ‘ I can not give any indication on which companies we are meeting but suffice it to say that one is trade and the other two venture . |
| 22 | Of course , I can not pretend that repossessin' is ‘ the image of war with honly five and twinty per cent of the danger and none of the guilt ’ like huntin' foxes . |
| 23 | I can not send this letter because I am always watched and I must never be a disloyal German . ’ |
| 24 | I can not explain this phenomenon : I merely record it . |
| 25 | I can not explain this sentiment unless it was that I observed that the members of the household appeared not to have perfectly learned their parts and also that having seen and known the Emperor for so many years in such a totally different position , his present one looked like a dream or a play ; but when each actor becomes acclimatized by time it will be a magnificent Court , with a Sovereign who will command the attention of all Europe . |
| 26 | The reasons behind thousands upon thousands of black kids immersing themselves in sport may stem from basic inequalities which I find unacceptable , and , indeed , immoral , but I can not affirm that sport is some device for the perpetuation of these inequalities any more than I can agree with some critics , such as Paul Hoch , that sport is a mere instrument of capitalist domination designed to slough off energies or divert them into meaningless channels ( 1972 ) . |
| 27 | A year on , I can not repeat that courtesy . |
| 28 | I can not borrow that amount of money because I 'm already overdrawn and I do n't know anybody who would lend me any . |
| 29 | Now I can not concede that programme going on the air when I was to Melbourne . |
| 30 | Yet even I can not raise these ruins higher or make whole these broken walls — not until Undry is restored in its old power ! |