Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [not/n't] [verb] this [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | I can not end this section without a word on scratching . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | I can not exhibit this picture . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | I can not send this letter because I am always watched and I must never be a disloyal German . ’ |
| 8 | I can not explain this phenomenon : I merely record it . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I can not reduce this plan of his into clear words . |
| 11 | I feel that I can not allow this statement to pass without due comment . |
| 12 | fax numbers and things put on but that alright let's give she came back to me the other day and said I can not get this fax through and had actually typed down the wrong fax number |
| 13 | The polymer is then polymethylmethacrylate , or PMMA for short , I am rapidly approaching the point where I can not teach this subject any more in this way , even though the textbooks still do , because students no longer recognise the trivial name ‘ acrylate ’ . |
| 14 | The increase might do something to encourage motorists to switch to public transport or other environment-friendly modes of transport , and I can not see this switch being achieved without financial incentives . |
| 15 | ‘ Yet , your Grace , with all the goodwill in the world , I can not repay this year , or not until after the harvest . |
| 16 | I can not recommend this show too highly ’ Slade 's Noddy Holder for City Life |
| 17 | We would say : ‘ Much as I love you , I can not condone this behaviour . |
| 18 | But I can not accept this smallness . |
| 19 | There are many reasons why I can not accept this submission . |
| 20 | I can not accept this suggestion . |
| 21 | I can not accept this suggestion . |
| 22 | ‘ With the utmost respect , I can not accept this statement as correct . |
| 23 | ‘ She can not love this man , no matter what she says . |
| 24 | Unfortunately you can not reach this stage until you have developed a prototype system . |
| 25 | You can buy one of the many reproduction plaster or fibre-glass cornices by the foot and have it added to your room just under the ceiling or , if you can not afford this luxury , go for a stylish compromise with a paper border . |
| 26 | Nizan notes : Perhaps if you are squeamish , you can not appreciate this world where the good guys are ruthlessly divided from the bad guys , this world of Good and Evil , this Dickensian liking for the triumph of the good guys . |
| 27 | Now if we 're saying you can not ascertain this surplus , then why is the employer allowed to take money out ? |
| 28 | Given that Britain ( like many other countries ) is now recognisably a multi-faith society , it should be clear that we can not conduct this enquiry from within the terms of Christianity alone . |
| 29 | If the y -component of the interplanetary magnetic field B y were large , the tension force would yield a strong zonal flow burst on the most recently opened flux : the moderate northwestward flow observed here in the cusp/cleft region implies that B y is weakly positive ; we can not confirm this inference because no simultaneous measurements were made of the interplanetary magnetic field . |
| 30 | The fact that we call both our mother 's brother and father 's brother by the same term does not mean that we are unaware of the fact that we are related to them in different ways or that we can not express this difference by using such phrases as ‘ my uncle on my mother 's side ’ . |