Example sentences of "can not [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Says one critic : ‘ You can not advertise shame , ’ says one critic , ‘ and you can not walk up to a prostitute and say ‘ Hey , you , walk off the streets and join other prostitutes in farming ’ . ’ |
| 2 | And their arousal is so intense that if the owl finally departs they will still go on mobbing for a long while afterwards , as though they can not calm down to a normal level of activity until some considerable time has passed . |
| 3 | The first submission by Mr. Ashworth was that a public nuisance can not arise out of a lawful act , whatever its consequences , and as what is complained of here , namely heavy goods vehicles being driven along Medway and Bridge Roads , is a lawful act , no public nuisance can arise . |
| 4 | But we we can not It seems to me we can not end up with a blank sheet of paper , and draw a set of criteria up which says it it can be anywhere here . |
| 5 | A star with a mass more than about twice that of the sun can not settle down as a white dwarf or neutron star . |
| 6 | Students frequently say they have done the recommended reading , taken the necessary notes and reviewed all their materials , but still can not come up with a solution to the problem posed . |
| 7 | What , if anything , should disconcert us if we can not come up with a trouble-free definition ? |
| 8 | It can not climb back from a vertical drop since it lacks the body diameter of the rabbit . |
| 9 | I can not sum up in a few sentences what will be the substance itself of my book . |
| 10 | For those who can not get down into a bath at all ( as is the case with many back-sufferers and arthritics ) , a shower fitment at one end of the bath , with nylon shower-proof curtains to pull round inside the bath , is one of the best answers . |
| 11 | However , we can not fall back on an ‘ outer estate ’ — ‘ inner-city ’ dichotomy here . |