Example sentences of "can not think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruling groups have found that their interests are best safeguarded if they are supported by a work force which can not think for itself in the coherent way writing affords . |
| 2 | I can not think of my own knowledge of the physical world in terms of my dispositions to behave , but only as my dispositions , construed as operating in the world of which |
| 3 | Scorn will heaped on the book by people who can not think of the countryside as anything other than a marketable resource , or those who think they are being environmentally perceptive because they call a gate a peripherial access point and a path a mountain access route . |
| 4 | He can not think of anyone else currently playing who can do that . |
| 5 | Many people can not think of playing music or listening to it until six o'clock in the evening . |
| 6 | I honestly can not think of one good thing which Labour proposes to do . |
| 7 | But there is no question so difficult that Mr Kinnock can not think of a more difficult answer . |
| 8 | I can not think of one argument against staying warm and dry . |
| 9 | I can not think of anything that happened that day which I would have wished otherwise . |
| 10 | ‘ I am anxious that you should stay here until I return and I can not think of a better way of making sure you do than by putting you in charge of my property , ’ he explained . |
| 11 | ‘ How are you ? ’ — ‘ I 'm fine ’ , and talk about the weather are designed to make another individual feel comfortable , to let them know that we are positively disposed towards them when we can not think of anything more significant to say . |
| 12 | If you can not think of anything to be angry about , you need help . |
| 13 | Any team which can not think of a new rhyme , or repeats one that has been chosen earlier , drops out until only one team is left . |
| 14 | Those who make a mistake , or can not think of a word beginning with their letter , drop out . |
| 15 | Among grasses , I can not think of a single one that is not lovely . |
| 16 | As a nurse I can not think of a healthier diet to follow and can see no disadvantages in it . |
| 17 | In my 25 years of watching international rugby I have seen many incidents of violence and can not think of any country that is blameless . |
| 18 | I can not think of any flower that does not press better for being taken apart , although of course you will have to spend time putting it back together again when you want to use it . |
| 19 | She never met any men until she met the young man whom I can not think of as my father . |
| 20 | Since no child has no things they do not especially like , what parents really mean is that they ( the parents ) can not think of anything . |
| 21 | In looking back to his playing days , you can not think of him without Jim Shackleton . |
| 22 | I can not think of any United States naval officer whom I would sooner have in his place in those near-impossible circumstances . |
| 23 | She never could have done in Europe what she did in New York ; I can not think of an artist who points up this issue more clearly and I can not understand why she of all people was left out of the show . |
| 24 | Now I could write a book on Workers I have known and they are worth a mention here , because I can not think of any other branch of agriculture , but organics , where people will almost pay to work for you . |
| 25 | I can not think of anything that would have made the loss of the election from my point of view more certain . |
| 26 | Even if you can not think of anything else to write , sit there — something might come . |
| 27 | I can not think of your offer without equal concern and gratitude ; however , I will rely wholly upon your goodness in assisting my escape . |
| 28 | In fact , I can not think of any great golfers afflicted with legs divergent from the normal . |
| 29 | We 'd just have no I just can not think of it . |
| 30 | In the nineteen years that I have been in Parliament , I can not think of anyone , save for Enoch Powell , who has been a more powerful advocate of liberal economics than John Biffen . |