Example sentences of "[noun prp] can [not/n't] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately Stephano can not claim a new record for what was the second biggest fish ever landed in Irish waters on rod and line because he received assistance . |
| 2 | So why is it , for almost the first time in 150 years , Yorkshire can not contribute a single regular member to the England team ? |
| 3 | Merseyside can not blow a national trumpet . |
| 4 | It is notable that no Western politician has yet proposed that Israeli nuclear weapons should be included in the regional disarmament negotiations that will neuter the military power of states such as Syria and Iran and ensure that Iraq can not become a new military phoenix . |
| 5 | The face of Marion Russell is absent , and Robyn can not suppress a tiny , ignoble twinge of resentment at this ungrateful desertion . |