Example sentences of "and can [not/n't] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately the driver made up for this heresy by roundly cursing the French , whom he disliked for the same reason that most Englishmen do — the way they clutter up the place , never get out of the way and ca n't speak English . |
| 2 | I have got a mortgage and ca n't afford time off . |
| 3 | As a postscript , the question may immediately be posed : what if we have n't got all these ingredients and ca n't get hold of them ? |
| 4 | Secondment also helps Shaw identify employees who can and ca n't get things done . |
| 5 | Wright , who helped Ireland whitewash Ghana in Dublin earlier this month , has landed a new coaching job in his native California and ca n't get time off at such short notice . |
| 6 | Because we do n't have the sufficient numbers and ca n't keep people waiting for courses we tend to have these do it on a one to one basis which you get , I do n't know . |
| 7 | PR measures electoral support for indivisible political parties and can not measure support for vaguely defined factions within them . |
| 8 | PERT and CPM do not permit loops to be formed and can not accommodate repetition of a job . |
| 9 | PERT and CPM do not permit loops to be formed and can not accommodate repetition of a job . |
| 10 | They may have fears and can not make relationships , but do not know why . |
| 11 | With few exceptions , aquarium fish will not and can not eat plants , since healthy plants are far too tough for the fish to eat . |
| 12 | Two common folk-beliefs are that women have no sense of humour and can not tell jokes ( clearly Chiaro 's subjects do ) ; it may well be that certain kinds of jokes are preferred by men : the " shaggy dog " kind or narrative type that begins with formulas like " Have you heard the one about … ? " or " A man went into a pub … |
| 13 | This is why the final scene , when they look through the kitchen window and can not tell pigs from humans , has such numbing force . |
| 14 | Thus , a plaintiff who receives 'sick pay " equivalent to his ordinary pay has suffered no loss and can not recover damages ( Turner v Ministry of Defence ( 1969 ) 113 SJ 585 ) . |
| 15 | Rot is caused by fungi which live parasitically on cellulose since fungi have no chlorophyll and can not photosynthesize sugars for themselves . |
| 16 | As the Lord President will be aware , visitors to Wales are always given a warm welcome and a nice cup of tea , but coachloads of my constituents visiting the Houses of Parliament are cold-shouldered and can not obtain refreshments anywhere . |
| 17 | This detachment does not and can not remove affect . |
| 18 | The birthplace of the novel is the solitary individual , who is no longer able to express himself by giving examples of his most important concerns , is himself uncounselled and can not counsel others . |
| 19 | They sometimes get impatient with their counterpart , who necessarily has a longer term perspective and can not work fulltime because of a low salary . |
| 20 | Electrostatic van de Graaff accelerators have excellent beam quality and stability but can not sustain high currents without energy recovery schemes , and can not produce beam energies much above 10 MeV , limiting them to operation in the far infrared ( 250–1000 ) . |
| 21 | Hysen , who captained his country and Liverpool , is now a commentator for Swedish television and can not understand Graham continually ignoring Limpar 's match-winning ability . |
| 22 | A front-line supervisor only has authority over his part of the work of the organisation and can not issue instructions to another part . |
| 23 | So he is hit by loss of orders , and can not find work for his employees . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , Jens and Hanne are dairy farmers and can not spend time away from their stock to find him and try to make him see sense . ’ |
| 25 | Windows can be used on an 80286 based computer , but it will operate noticeably slower and can not take advantage of one of Windows ' main characteristics — Multi-tasking . |
| 26 | It also teaches us to realise how much we ourselves require God 's forgiveness , and can not claim self-righteousness . |
| 27 | But when someone has AIDS , he or she may be unwell from a number of illnesses because the body 's defence or immune system is not working properly and can not fight infections . |