Example sentences of "can [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I ask Rabin to make concessions , ’ Henry Kissinger wrote in 1975 , ‘ and he says he ca n't because Israel is weak . |
| 2 | You ca n't because people idealize and fantasize and you 'll never ever even though you might be perfectly and somebody else 's dream but you wo n't be everybody 's dream so you 're bound to disappoint . |
| 3 | Helen shook her head reproachfully , then added , ‘ Actually , I ca n't if Robert comes in the evening . |
| 4 | Well why ca n't if John and Jim ai n't gon na go Marie 's not gon na go , why ca n't Cheryl still go and then |
| 5 | but I ca n't when Jan was saying , oh Jennie 's got as er |
| 6 | No you ca n't cos Ken , Ken 's not coming in till half ten . |
| 7 | But he ca n't cos daddy 's already put it in the kitchen . |
| 8 | Overall , these statistics , which will be officially published by the forces over the next few months , can not but fuel public concern and lead to demands for more police resources . |
| 9 | How men in high place , and authority Are in their lives and estimation wrong 'd By their subordinate Ministers ? yet such They can not but imploy ( iv . |
| 10 | We can not but desire truth and happiness , and are incapable of certainty or happiness . ’ |
| 11 | We can not as readers see this as a fault , since it made for such richness of scene and mood , though Marryat seems to have felt it so . |