Example sentences of "i can [not/n't] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not do a good job from a chair on a table ! |
| 2 | A similar effect of , on the one hand , challenging the reader to take up an alert and interpretative role , and , on the other , gratuitously creating an amorphous but strong atmosphere peculiar to the fabliau through the text , is achieved by extensive use of the homonyms vit and con , and com-/con- as a common suffix in the Romance languages : ( I can not make a long tale : in this castle there was a count and with him the countess , his wife , who was a very beautiful and worthy woman ; and there were [ or she had ] more than thirty knights . |
| 3 | I can not devote a whole book to the subject , so my descriptions of the numerous cheeses available will be rather brief . |
| 4 | I can not give a reliable date as to when the Metropolitan police report in the case of the first matters will be available , but I have no reason to suppose that it is not being prosecuted with all celerity by the dedicated team that the Commissioner has made available . |
| 5 | I can not give a precise date , but that is the intention . |
| 6 | ‘ I can not wave a magic wand and change the season around . |
| 7 | Well it certainly is but er I 've grown potatoes myself for years and never had any trouble with them boiling into the water but this year I can not get a good potato , all of my usual favourites like Estima which I 've found is a usually good all round potato , it it 's a monkey for boiling into the water and one thing I can only assume is that the weather 's had a lot to do with it , my ground 's been waterlogged most of the season . |
| 8 | I can not see a decent replacement . |
| 9 | I can not remember a previous time when we have bought back a former council house . |
| 10 | I can not remember a single one where the risks which gave rise to the accident could not have been measured and prevented with effective safety training , management commitment and — above all - sufficient funds . |
| 11 | I can not imagine a worse , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ I can not imagine a worse torture than not knowing how long your pension will be paid , ’ Mr Trench told a London news conference before they marched to Parliament to lobby their MPs . |
| 13 | We rested quietly and most comfortably in Sligachan Inn , than which I can not imagine a better retreat in the early summer of late autumn , either before or after the great throng , who , coming from north and south to it in the height of the tourist season , make it a place of stir . |
| 14 | I can not imagine a happier place from which to be taken unto Him . ’ |
| 15 | Because I can not find a fucking man . |
| 16 | As I can not afford a new diesel engine I am considering an old slogger Perkins 4,236 . |
| 17 | But I can not recall a single act which could be so easily determined . |
| 18 | I can not recall a single one making any objection — except , of course , that great , noble figure , the right hon. Member for Henley ( Mr. Heseltine ) , and even he did not object to the poll tax in Scotland . |