Example sentences of "you can [not/n't] [vb infin] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Different views of a sculpture can be presented , but you can not move round a sculpture except with a film camera .
2 You can not wake up an old lady just to listen to your insane and morbid fantasies . ’
3 You can turn down a fire hose to water a garden , but you can not turn up a garden hose sufficiently to tackle a fire .
4 er and other commitments that twelve men in a in a village such as erm Pentiford or Pentiford will give twenty four hours cover for fires , all through the year and there are very rarely incidents where you can not turn out a crew .
5 He urged Leclerc to compromise : ‘ You can not put back the past : there is a new situation . ’
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