Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] that i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can not forget that I was crowned head of the United Kingdom ’ , said the Queen in her Silver Jubilee speech in May 1977 . |
| 2 | ‘ I can not pretend that I shall ever like him , ’ said the lawyer . |
| 3 | At this distance in time , I can not pretend that I had my doubts about its merits : what I did dwell on was a certain psychological subtlety in retailing the author 's love-life , though in terms which today would he considered ludicrously niminy-piminy . |
| 4 | I can not feel that I am truly mistress here , while your mother is in residence . |
| 5 | I can not I can not do I can not differentiate that I 'll tell you what I could do I 'd have no problem at all if you gave me something Y equals U squared no problem |
| 6 | I can not believe that I 've cut up the dress he used to love me to wear and all I get for thanks is cheek . |
| 7 | ‘ I can not believe that I am hearing you aright , my darling . |
| 8 | A fellow of mediocre talent will remain a mediocrity , whether he travels or not ; but one of superior talent ( which without impiety I can not deny that I possess ) will go to seed , if he always remains in the same place . |
| 9 | I can not deny that I find the reasoning of Wilson J. most attractive . |
| 10 | ‘ I can not deny that I have had my troubles off the park , or that my mind was on other things for a while , but my head is down and I am concentrating on making a contribution to the team once again . |
| 11 | They can not accept that I should cast votes on their behalf without first asking each of them what they think . |
| 12 | I can not accept that I should adopt a live-and-let-live neutral attitude to hawks and pigeons even though I accept the fact that we share very similar body mechanisms and an identical world . |
| 13 | Looking back , I can not imagine that I understood the finer points of the contract M. Chaillot placed before me . |
| 14 | I promise not to offend again , although I can not promise that I will keep the promise . ’ |
| 15 | I can not say that I care for these self-perpetuating societies . ’ |
| 16 | " I can not say that I think of [ the causal determinist 's view ] as having any plausibility . |
| 17 | If the question be ( as , in the actual state of the law , I think it is ) , whether consideration is , or is not , given in a case of this kind , by the debtor who pays down part of the debt presently due from him , for a promise by the creditor to relinquish , after certain further payments on account , the residue of the debt , I can not say that I think consideration is given , in the sense which I have always understood that word as used in our law . |
| 18 | I can not say that I believe that that council necessarily represents the views of industry and commerce . |
| 19 | I can not remember that I minded this . |
| 20 | Even had it been the best apple tree anyone could knit I can not see that I would hang swing tickets on it ( so badly coloured with felt tip pen that the Infant 's class would be ashamed of the work ! ) . |