Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [not/n't] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Upon the first point I can not feel any doubt . |
2 | ‘ I regret , I can not offer any refreshment , Madame , ’ he said with a smile . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | I can not give any estimate of its arrival . |
5 | ‘ 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 . |
6 | ‘ If the government does not have these conditions , I can not take any responsibility for what happens . |
7 | I can not take any points of order on the previous matter . |
8 | ‘ I can not allow any man to accuse me of bad behaviour ! ’ she cried . |
9 | ‘ I can not divulge any information . |
10 | I can not get any help from Social Security or Rent Rebate . |
11 | I can not include any Psalm among the certain contemporary documents , because I confess my inability to date any Psalm securely in the Maccabean period . |
12 | ‘ I can not see any purpose in just saying no to every new idea . |
13 | I can not see any way that South Africa can win this international , but three distinct ways that England can lose it : IRISH referee Stephen Hilditch proved in Paris last year that he fears nobody , favours no nation . |
14 | ‘ I can not see any logic in taking a bowler like Paul Jarvis . |
15 | Right , okay , well I 'll go into the tax office then No I can not see any bleach down there |
16 | I can not see any intention of this kind in the Books of Ezra and Daniel . |
17 | He would not need above four days ' leave from them and since Oreste is now or will be by then nearly three which is the age Pen first travelled at I can not see any reason why he need inconvenience the party . |
18 | Again , on the face of the statute , I can not see any reason why in this case the constable should do more than tell the driver the reason under section 7(3) why breath specimens can not be taken or used ; tell him that in these circumstances he is required to give a specimen of blood or urine but that it is for the constable to decide which ; warn him that a failure to provide the specimen required may render him liable to prosecution ; and then , if the constable decides to require blood , ask the driver if there are any reasons why a specimen can not or should not be taken from him by a doctor . |
19 | I can not see any reason why that process can not be speeded up within the system . |
20 | Now that is the accepted way of doing it , and I can not see any reason why that can not be done , erm in Greater York , once the location for the new settlement is erm er is identified , erm so that 's my definition of erm integrated and balanced community , it 's a concept , you ca n't define , I do n't think , integrated and balanced separately , you need to bind them together er into into some erm er or all er erm concept , erm now the erm the question you did pose me , sir , which er I did take a note of , but I wonder if you 'd be kind enough to repeat it so I 've I 've a I 've a got it quite clear before I respond . |
21 | Councillor Magnus Flaws added : ‘ I can not see any reason why this will not work this time . ’ |
22 | erm I can not see , and this is where I part company with Peter Williamson to some extent , I can not see any reason why his data should be regarded as showing that when the sudden change did take place it took place for any reason other than natural selection within a single population . |
23 | As my friend David Jessel has pointed out , even if 99 per cent of all criminal convictions are correct , that still leaves in a prison population of 40,000 some 400 who have no business being there ; and I can not imagine any experience more demoralizing than to be locked up for years for a crime one did n't commit . |
24 | I can not find any reference to them having bred in captivity , except one paragraph , which says ‘ they may be induced to spawn by frequent water changes , which would represent the onset of the rainy season when their breeding takes place . ’ |
25 | I can not find any specimen letters of formal resignation nor indeed any articles on the matter setting out considerations to be borne in mind . |
26 | I have just bought a Wood catfish , but I can not find any information on it and since I introduced it to my tank , I 've never seen it . |
27 | I can not trace any acknowledgment from you of the memorandum I sent you on the twelfth of this month , regarding your talents and the scope for them in this office . |
28 | Offhand , I can not recall any description of appearance in the Bible , suspect enough as a source anyway . |
29 | As a Christian I can not accept any teaching that suggests that there is any kind of spirit in plant life . |
30 | Even if you can not reach any gardens or nurseries to see roses in action and have to rely on catalogues and lists , there is a great deal of enjoyment to be derived from weighing up the pros and cons and in the anticipation of the pleasures to come , just like choosing a holiday from the glossy brochures . |