Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Customers are charged a nominal 50 pence donation … but people who ca n't pay wo n't be turned away . |
| 2 | But one of the most persistent and pernicious myths we 've inherited from Descartes is that mentality is essentially conscious , so that anything we ca n't introspect ca n't really be going on in our mind . |
| 3 | Ca n't sing ca n't dance . |
| 4 | They 'll probably can see something we ca n't see wo n't they ? |
| 5 | what can not speak can not lie : |
| 6 | These are life-threatening — cancer for obvious reasons , blindness because a fish which can not see can not compete effectively for food , and will be more vulnerable to predation . |