Example sentences of "can not [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can walk away but I can not walk away . |
| 2 | ‘ I can not walk away unless you ask me to go . ’ |
| 3 | The problem here is that , since one needs to be in place long before sunrise , in order to prepare for the shot , one can not walk directly to the site . |
| 4 | The problem here is that , since one needs to be in place long before sunrise , in order to prepare for the shot , one can not walk directly to the site . |
| 5 | God is love , as St John tells us ( 1 John 4:8 ) , and as love , by his very nature , can not command even creatures to love him in return . |
| 6 | If one starts with a podzol soil ( acid , anaerobic , and without worms ) the increase will e very slow as earthworms can not migrate quickly . |
| 7 | We can not sit idly by and watch Yugoslavia tear itself to pieces , watch people being killed in vast numbers , and watch the wonderful archaeological and architectural gems being destroyed , while saying that there is nothing that we can do . |
| 8 | What is the point of bathing together in the beaches when in fact we can not sit together to make the laws of our country ? |
| 9 | ‘ Also , if you allow the dog to sit on your settee , then replace that settee with a new one you do n't want the dog to sit on , you must not expect it to suddenly understand why it can not sit there . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Edward can not sit there , besieging the town , with us here . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The lesson since Bismarck has been that France can not compete politically , militarily or economically with a united Germany . |
| 13 | As it lives on a diet of poll findings , it can not perform better than they do . |
| 14 | Talk of a Mexican devaluation , and all it entails for foreign investment , is an issue the authorities can not will away . |
| 15 | This means that with wood veneer you can not achieve very fine lines in a design but with care and good planning some quite delicate effects can be obtained ( fig. 3 ) . |
| 16 | In general terms , organisations exist because they can achieve results which individuals can not achieve alone . |
| 17 | He can not speak again . |
| 18 | If people can not speak openly to others about their errors and anxieties , it is easy to feel more and more isolated and inadequate . |
| 19 | At the school debating society he won a name ; and he quickly discovered a truth never discovered by some undergraduates nor even by some mature debaters , that you can not speak well unless you care . |
| 20 | If the patient can not speak well enough to explain all this , he can carry a card explaining his problem , and what kind of help he needs . |
| 21 | ‘ Ministers have not only not spoken out against this irresponsibility but now can not speak persuasively against these boardroom excesses because so many ex-Cabinet Ministers are themselves among the beneficiaries of these excesses , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Taxis are obviously easier to use , but if the patient can not speak properly , he may need to use clearly written cards to explain to the taxi driver why he can not speak , and where he wants to go . |
| 23 | It can sometimes be difficult to determine whether the patient is ill-tempered and perhaps foulmouthed towards you because of the immediate effects of his illness and the frustration he feels , especially if he can not speak normally , or whether it is part of a personality change which is going to last indefinitely . |
| 24 | As one who has listened to nothing as often as BM 's solo albums these last two years ( OK , you 've established your credentials , now come to the point — IM ) I can not speak highly enough of the man ( try a step-ladder — IM ) . |
| 25 | We have already heard Allen , and he can not speak twice . |
| 26 | ‘ One can not speak too highly of Dorset social services . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ I can not speak too highly of Andy 's courage . |
| 28 | I can not speak too highly of all the British people who have been in the northern part of Somalia seeking to give help and to assist . |
| 29 | I had a hernia operation last year in Darlington Memorial Hospital and can not speak too highly of the staff and my treatment . |
| 30 | If you can not speak pleasantly , be quiet . ’ |