Example sentences of "something [pron] can [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is something I can not understand : the wonder of sadness , the glory of pain . |
| 2 | Something I can not place , something small , like looking at a tapestry with a loose thread . ’ |
| 3 | And yet , ’ said Philip , shivering as the bleak little wind from Severn ruffled his grey tonsure , ‘ I swear he has received very tolerable usage there , better than I dared expect , and why he keeps such a particular hatred against the lord Isambard is something I can not fathom . |
| 4 | On the contrary , it is time to treat religion as something strange and outside the ordinary run of life , something which , mysteriously , has had a vast effect on people , over which wars were fought and people were burned and persecuted , and which still has an effect on people ; something which can not be reduced to mere kindness at the old people 's parties or village jumble sales , but which has inspired some of the most splendid painting , writing , music , and architecture ever to be produced by the human imagination , and is still capable of producing martyrdom , cruelty , and sectarian passion . |
| 5 | I have bought Today 's Horse since the beginning and I am happy to say that it is getting better and better — something which can not always be said for the other horsy magazines , which are often repetitive and patronising . |
| 6 | For instance , the words ‘ inshore fishing is n't an easy life ’ might add something which can not be gathered from the pictures alone . |
| 7 | It provides access to information , the currency of which is not in doubt , something which can not be true of printed guides . |
| 8 | If there is something you can not do , you can ask a friend to help or pay someone to do it for you . |
| 9 | Reflections are something you can not see in the flames of central heating . |
| 10 | ‘ If you do not know where you are then you 're quite likely to wander on to something you can not cope with . ’ |
| 11 | Because some people need a lot more treatment than others and it 's something you can not , you can not forecast |
| 12 | In fact , in every microsecond of perceptual experience there is a tension between the real as refractory , as something we can not choose or will , and the subjective as chosen and willed . |
| 13 | There are times when we become particularly conscious of it — when we read poetry , or when we come to something we can not easily follow . |
| 14 | But it 's something we can not afford not to be involved in . |
| 15 | Journalists do not mind being reminded so long as they do not think you are pressing them to write something they can not be sure will be published . |
| 16 | This is identical with the reaction of primitives to a fetich : it is animated by something they can not understand . |
| 17 | Then the hunter does not waste its time on something it can not eat , and the hunted saves its secretions . |
| 18 | Instead of teleology , however , Epicurus advocated the existence of chance and free will , partly because , like Aristotle , he argued that you can not blame or punish a man for something he can not help doing , but also because he believed that there is a kind of spontaneity in men ( and possibly in animals ) that is manifested in our apparent freedom , to originate actions . |
| 19 | This is particularly likely in a horse who shies suddenly when he is frightened by something he can not identify . |