Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] that i [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if some greater authority decides the offence requires atonement , then I can only say that I shall pay the cost of it willingly . ’ |
| 2 | there would be a practical advantage in uniting some official knowledge of their wants as well as your artistic skill , on the one hand , with my own claims , whatever they may be considered to be , on the other ; and were they to honour us by proposing a joint appointment , I can only say that I should feel much satisfaction in undertaking this great work in conjunction with a brother Architect for whom I have so great a respect as yourself … |
| 3 | ‘ I can not pretend that I shall ever like him , ’ said the lawyer . |
| 4 | I can not I can not do I can not differentiate that I 'll tell you what I could do I 'd have no problem at all if you gave me something Y equals U squared no problem |
| 5 | They can not accept that I should cast votes on their behalf without first asking each of them what they think . |
| 6 | I can not accept that I should adopt a live-and-let-live neutral attitude to hawks and pigeons even though I accept the fact that we share very similar body mechanisms and an identical world . |
| 7 | I promise not to offend again , although I can not promise that I will keep the promise . ’ |
| 8 | Even had it been the best apple tree anyone could knit I can not see that I would hang swing tickets on it ( so badly coloured with felt tip pen that the Infant 's class would be ashamed of the work ! ) . |