Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [not/n't] [verb] these [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet even I can not raise these ruins higher or make whole these broken walls — not until Undry is restored in its old power ! |
| 2 | ‘ Somebody 's been a-doing the saddle up on my horses and I can not get these horses away . |
| 3 | ‘ I can not afford these charges , ’ she said . |
| 4 | And of course , when Jesus came and he healed the people and he spoke words of , of deliverance to those who are demon oppressed and he spoke words of that brought help to those who are blind and so on , there is of course , er , to the natural mind , a very natural explanation , it can all be explained away because you can not do these things ! |
| 5 | It is obvious that , if you can not handle these problems , you are not qualified and therefore , should not be presenting such an enterprise as an independent project . ’ |
| 6 | Although you can not see these marks on screen ( some word-processors do , however , give you the option ) , you must be aware of their existence when editing a document . |
| 7 | We can not neglect these things , but neither can we control or even forecast them with any certainty . |
| 8 | We can not alter these circumstances , but we can try to make good use of such information that is available , and ‘ make the data speak for themselves ’ about other aspects , and this project will continue developments in this direction . |
| 9 | We can not lock these children up , ’ said a care worker . |
| 10 | We can not lock these children up . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't expect the heartbeat award scheme to suffer , I will be in touch with Matthew fairly closely to ensure that , but I think the position of the labour group is that we can not support these recommendations as they are but we offer you a compromise solution . |
| 12 | There are two reasons why we can not take these figures as indicative of the true size of borrowing . |
| 13 | We can not claim these life stories to be ‘ representative ’ in the strict social scientific sense , but we do believe them to be ‘ valid ’ . |
| 14 | There can be no understatement ; we can not describe these events as other than evil . |
| 15 | CBHPs also hold that ‘ every citizen is entitled to effective and accessible health services … at all times and at any given stage of the peoples ’ development but recognize that they can not provide these services . |
| 16 | It has exceptionally long barbels and , when kept in confined spaces where it can not move these appendages freely , it will often take fright and dash around the aquarium , causing considerable damage not only to the tank decor , but to itself in extreme cases the fish has been known to leap from the tank . |
| 17 | It has exceptionally long barbels and , when kept in confined spaces where it can not move these appendages freely , it will often take fright and dash around the aquarium , causing considerable damage not only to the tank decor , but to itself . |
| 18 | The hungry or thirsty horse becomes anxious if it can not satisfy these needs , and as a consequence drives itself harder to find food or water . |
| 19 | Although he may have the option of ignoring them , possibly at some cost to himself , he can not manipulate these rules and conditions in the same way that he can those within his own sphere of competence . |