Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We certainly can not create it and thus , in view of our ignorance on one hand and our inability on the other , what right have we to terminate this gift of a beneficent Creator ? |
| 2 | If the NRA can not resolve them , it will be for MAFF to hold an inquiry under section 13 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 . |
| 3 | We can not send them , by registered or any other post , to a house two hundred yards across the green ! ‘ |
| 4 | If he can not deduce that one or other party was to blame he can not send them both away empty-handed but must find that both contributed ( as happened in Baker v Market Harborough Industrial Co-operative Society , Wallace v Richards ( Leicester ) Ltd [ 1953 ] 1 WLR 1472 . |
| 5 | They can not send us a box that is filled only with good apples , there has to be one that is bruised . ’ |
| 6 | We just can not sit it out here all the time or we 'll all go mad . ’ |
| 7 | She misses you Elsie and sometimes I want to say to her she can not miss you more than I do . |
| 8 | This state can be induced in about three-quarters of the population ; the rest for some unknown reason can not achieve it even if they wish to do so . |
| 9 | They can not achieve it without aid on a much greater scale than is contemplated at the moment by anyone except the Germans . |
| 10 | and you can not shift it |
| 11 | If you can not tell them apart , would two fish of the same sex fight ? |
| 12 | ‘ The Government says when the private sector run certain tracks inevitably they will offer special deals , ’ he said , ‘ but we can not tell them what to do any more than we tell BR what to do , ’ he said . |
| 13 | They can not tell me . |
| 14 | You really can not tell me too much — I would rather sift through a huge amount of detail and give you a definite answer than have to suggest all the possible alternatives and leave you to figure out which applies in your case . |
| 15 | ‘ And you can not tell me what it is ? ’ |
| 16 | but I mean you can not tell me that , that |
| 17 | I can not tell you which type you have fitted to your Land Rover . |
| 18 | I can not tell you my thoughts as I sat on the stand and watched the Arsenal playing far below their proper form . |
| 19 | I can not tell you , boy , how beautiful that field is ! ’ |
| 20 | Miss Anthony 's London agent tells me : ‘ Lysette is filming The Hour of The Pig , in France , at the moment and it is true she is discussing some forthcoming projects , but I can not tell you what they are . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I stabbed Caroline , I can not tell you how many times . |
| 22 | If you think you might want to take an HIV antibody test to find out if you are infected , it is important to know what the test can and can not tell you . |
| 23 | I can not tell you everything about roses , because I do n't know it all — nobody does , or ever will . |
| 24 | ‘ Sire ! ’ he exclaimed , ‘ I can not tell you , it 'd be a betrayal of every sacred vow in the cookbook . ’ |
| 25 | This biography is not merely content to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Dickens ( interesting fact : Dickens spoke with a slight ‘ metallic burr ’ in his voice ) ; nor does it stop at telling you everything you never wanted to know about Dickens ( uninteresting fact : there were white Christmases for the first eight years of Dickens ' life ) ; it goes so far , as with that unidentified novel , as to let you know when it can not tell you something . |
| 26 | " Miriam , " she said instead , " I can not tell you how worried I am for Harry . |
| 27 | I can not tell you how to create an ad . |
| 28 | I can not tell you how proud I am . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I can not tell you his name . |
| 30 | I can not tell you any more . |