Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no one has said that you can not sit at the table and talk to your family , even if you choose not to eat . |
| 2 | It is expected that adoption of each of these programmes will be delayed and this in turn will affect dates for calls for proposals , publicity events , etc , although we can not tell at the moment how long the delay will last and the consequences it may have . |
| 3 | The response points out that there is little point in improving regional road links if traffic can not move at the beginning or end of its journey — inevitably this must involve a public transport solution within urban areas , with some form of limitation on car usage . |
| 4 | Tragically , we can not negotiate at the moment , but that will be put right before too long . |
| 5 | Éomer 's intervention does not help him much , for he and his companions can not decide at the end of chapter 2 whether they have seen Saruman or not . |
| 6 | This fellowship does not of course embrace Rome ; in Pilgrim 's Progress , Christian encounters Giant Pope , old and biting his nails because he can not get at the pilgrims , and mumbling to them , ‘ You will never mend till more of you be burned . ’ |
| 7 | We can not park at the weekend and people are already parking on the grass verge . ’ |
| 8 | They are to help pay for something you need but can not afford at the time you need it . |
| 9 | Now the one thing that I think is important is that one can not look at the problems of any given society in the world in isolation from the rest of the world as a whole , and in particular , in the case of underdeveloped countries , their problems are very much linked to the situations that take place in the developed countries . |
| 10 | Mr Scully adds that security considerations may limit what data an individual can look at — London , for instance , can not look at the accounts specific to Hong Kong . |
| 11 | We get calls from our customers , from receptionists , for example , who can not balance at the end of the shift . |