Example sentences of "[pron] can never [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wherever , whatever I am , I can never be thrown away . |
| 2 | I can never be grateful enough to them for the sacrifice they made to keep me at school , when even ten shillings a week would have relieved the pressure on the food bill . |
| 3 | It was a most fruitful involvement and I can never be grateful enough for what I learned about the long history of Burma and the Buddhist culture which was woven into the life of the people . |
| 4 | ‘ But as you are , I can never be more than a friend to you . ’ |
| 5 | I can never be this … this dream woman whom you 've invented for yourself , nor live as you would want me to . |
| 6 | yeah , er , design I can never be to a boiler or storage heater for the winter also the heater would activate the till the heat |
| 7 | ‘ These awful events create a drug culture which can never be a part of our culture , and they must be stopped , ’ Mr Clements said . |
| 8 | ‘ Bear in mind there are people who suffer lifelong injury which can never be put right . |
| 9 | Some of them have concluded that existence constitutes that universal and elusive divine presence which can never be pinned down as a particular constituent of reality . |
| 10 | Many of the latter , of course , regard Kosovo as a sacred part of historic Serbia which can never be ‘ surrendered ’ . |
| 11 | In October 1959 , the Soviet probe Luna 3 first photographed the far side of the Moon , which can never be seen from the Earth . |
| 12 | We both have very firm views on relay racing which can never be reconciled . |
| 13 | But acknowledgement of increasing complication and uncertainty is not a retreat from objectivity ; doubt or acceptance of a supposed historical fact or law of nature likewise depends on accumulation of evidence which can never be complete . |
| 14 | But there are some things which can never be rightly explained . |
| 15 | There is often a shared pattern of experiences , beliefs and attitudes which have all arisen within their particular generation and which can never be fully shared by younger people . |
| 16 | It was a trip which can never be repeated as nearly all lines are gone . |
| 17 | ( For example , the electric repulsive force between two electrons is due to the exchange of virtual photons , which can never be directly detected ; but if one electron moves past another , real photons may be given off , which we detect as light waves . ) |
| 18 | The construction must be free from dirt traps ( so any form of framed system with infill panels will not be acceptable as the construction forms dirt traps which can never be effectively cleaned ) . |
| 19 | Slater provided Britten with pen-portraits out of Crabbe which can never be forgotten once they are encountered . |
| 20 | After two months of protracted negotiation , Alf arrived at Ayresome Park , and chalked up a record which can never be eclipsed : he became the first £1,000 footballer . |
| 21 | In effect , its use was an excellent example of successful space planning , and in a rolling , pitching ship ensured that blissful , undisturbed suspension which can never be matched by a static bunk ! |
| 22 | But they come to realise that they are imprisoned by a transparent but impenetrable wall , which can never be crossed . |
| 23 | ‘ She can never be as pretty as our mother , ’ Fergal said . |
| 24 | In biblical language , God makes himself known always and only as the Lord who lays his claim upon us ; in that of Kierkegaard , he is the Subject who can never be reduced to an object , but is always the One who challenges us across the gulf of the ‘ infinite qualitative difference ’ , and so awakens in us the ‘ infinite passion ’ of faith . |
| 25 | In some cases longer detention would be requisite , and there may from time to time be murderers who can never be released . |
| 26 | It means a nervous dependence upon nature , a relationship with a step-parent who can never be entirely relied upon . |
| 27 | For this was not the anger of the cripple , who can never be sure if he has been shaped by some vengeful god or made accidentally by a purposeless universe . |
| 28 | They have had time , unlike the situation in 1971 , to assess how much damage has been done , in a material and spiritual sense , by these shadowy paramilitaries who can never be brought before a court . |
| 29 | It can be such a mild disease , and so like other childhood illnesses , you can never be absolutely sure you have had it . |
| 30 | I know too that you can never be with me here and for that reason I have taken a decision . |