Example sentences of "can not [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The character of Josef ( played with great skill by David De Keyser ) is sadly amusing — a writer who has abandoned his country and family for freedom of expression , he can not express himself in an artistic or commercial way . |
| 2 | He can not manoeuvre himself into the correct position . |
| 3 | Are you saying that there are molecules out there in space which we just can not form ourselves in a laboratory ? |
| 4 | But you can not make yourself into a cricketer . |
| 5 | The ideal needs integrity , however , for a citizen can not treat himself as the author of a collection of laws that are inconsistent in principle , nor can he see that collection as sponsored by any Rousseauian general will . |
| 6 | The high-cost economies of the EC can not insulate themselves from the world outside — from the more flexible economies of the Pacific Rim and North America . |
| 7 | ( Note that you can not nominate yourself for a place . ) |
| 8 | A worn out slob , he can not accustom himself to the idea of women playing the sport seriously . |
| 9 | Young people who have been caught in this trap have had no information given to them about this change and can not avail themselves of the choice of training like colleagues born on or before July 1 . |
| 10 | I am sure that your council will understand that the company can not commit itself to the long term investment programme , or expose itself to the commercial risks involved in the project , unless the facilities can be planned in a climate of security . |
| 11 | Ninety per cent of the places go to package rafting firms which means that independent spirits can not pit themselves against the boiling waters of the Colorado . |
| 12 | High living is become essential to them , and they can not reconcile themselves to the moderate pay of lawful industry . |
| 13 | Shevardnadze concluded : " I can not reconcile myself to the events which are taking place in our country and to the trials which await our people . |
| 14 | Many times I see a nameless beauty and my soul is moved , but my words can not contort themselves into a likeness of this beauty . |