Example sentences of "can [pers pn] not [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | I found myself pleading — ‘ Oh do not go now I have found thee ’ Why can I not stay with thee forever ? ’ |
| 2 | Can I not take one step without falling on my face ? ’ |
| 3 | Can I not pick him up ? ’ |
| 4 | How can you not feel that ? ’ |
| 5 | Can you not start with being in love with someone and end up by loving them ? |
| 6 | ‘ Can you not tell me what it is ? |
| 7 | Can you not stay another day to sail round the island ? ’ |
| 8 | Can you not open your banana yet ? |
| 9 | Can you not talk please , I do n't want you on my tape . |
| 10 | Or can you not eat corned beef ? |
| 11 | ‘ Can you not speak ? |
| 12 | Can you not go to sleep ? |
| 13 | Well can you not go down in the morning when you 're a bit better ? |
| 14 | Can you not hold it ? |
| 15 | Can you not do it the coffee break ? |
| 16 | Look on you know what I mean , how can you not do that for your favourite friend . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , but why can you not bring your friend to stay with me , too ? |
| 18 | ‘ Can you not raise your magic ? |
| 19 | Can you not write from around from ten , nine o'clock ? |
| 20 | Can you not imagine the world-wide reaction when it is learnt that not only is America responsible for this potential disaster but that it was almost certainly caused by treason in the highest American military echelons ? |
| 21 | Why can you not play it ? |
| 22 | Can you not bypass Mrs ? |
| 23 | Can you not run away with that ? |
| 24 | ‘ How can you not believe me ? |
| 25 | It 's Thursday can you not park next to that |
| 26 | and you find erm people like Lynn you know , bless her , who now , who is n't too bad when she 's not too bad and is n't too good when she 's not too good , you know , and it is such a very very Not only can you not put anything visibly in in common with everyone that 's got it , even the people that have got it ca n't say I can not do this period , they say oh well I 'm not too good now but maybe last week or maybe next week |
| 27 | It was nice but the next time you do it can you not put such and such in it . |
| 28 | It was nice but the next time you do it can you not put such and such in it . |
| 29 | Can you not put them in the bottom of the cupboard and get rid of that bag ? |
| 30 | Can you not use the same bit twice ? |