Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I 've made , it 's made an awful lot of difference to me the New Town I mean we 've got and the Council are very , very good to us , I mean we ca n't say they 're not , they 've had a , I 've had the gas central heating put in , I 've had a shower put in since I 've been here and I mean they do they look after us well , the only thing I 'm upset about that I 've put off the ambulance to go to Leah Manning on a Wednesday because they want me to go on a Tuesday and I can not go on a Tuesday because I have my friend come down which does all odd jobs for me you know , on a Tuesday dear and I just can not so I had to see Mr is it ? |
| 2 | I love the club and I can not see myself playing for anyone else . ’ |
| 3 | I am a fan and I can not understand why he does n't sell in the David Lodge league , for he well worth recommending . |
| 4 | I can excuse them for not knowing all the facts that have now come to light but I can not forgive them or the government for failing to steer the health of the nation . |
| 5 | ‘ For reasons that I can not understand , ’ he continued , ‘ we in Britain seem to have a negative response to winners . |
| 6 | But at least in the midst of my misery I can own what I have instead of feeling I am a pawn in another 's game with rules that I can not stick to or change . |
| 7 | It is a pity that I can not read out that speech because time is so short . |
| 8 | PAMELA : Sir , I am so well satisfied with Mr. Belville 's affection for me and his well-known honour that I can not think myself obliged to any gentleman who should endeavour to give me a less opinion of either . |
| 9 | The originals were cut before I purchased the vehicle and I can not find the answer on any wiring diagram . |
| 10 | ‘ The knee went just a week before Scotland 's game against England and I can not remember feeling more depressed , ’ said Armstrong . |
| 11 | Pine martens undoubtedly kill rabbits in hill and mountain country but that 's not my scene and I can not comment on it . |
| 12 | The words ‘ in connection with ’ have the widest connotation and I can not see how they are to be restricted in the absence of some context permitting such restriction . |
| 13 | I am a great fan of Monica Seles but I can not believe all the letters about these two players . |
| 14 | ‘ I wish you luck with your amusing campaign but I can not help you , ’ he replied . |
| 15 | ‘ Your Grace , ’ Clinton spoke up , ‘ your nephew and his companion will be most welcome in our retinue but I can not promise you any success . ’ |
| 16 | It will be obvious by now that my account of the emergence of black sportsmen runs contrary to such views and I can not accept that blacks are ‘ made for physical things ’ any more than I can that their continued failure in more formal academic realms is based on inadequate intellectual resources . |
| 17 | Again , I respect my hon. Friend 's strongly held personal views , but Parliament has expressed its views and I can not add anything to the answer that I gave to the two previous questions . |
| 18 | Questions of construction may be involved on what is said in Parliament and I can not see how if the rule is modified in this way the parties ' legal advisers could properly come to court without having looked to see whether there was anything in the Hansard Report on the Bill which could assist their case . |
| 19 | That centre for one of the staff who work there , make quite profound impact on the quality of life for many people living on our estates and I can not see anything more short sighted than denying access to the sorts of services and the sorts of pleasures that people can get from use of a community centre like that by cutting back on staffing so that we ca n't actually use the capital resources that we 've b the capital that we 've invested in facilities like that . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's a case at the moment that I can not go ahead with the case because I can not afford £700 , ’ said Barbara . |
| 21 | I too have only one tank at the moment so I can not put the females in a separate tank as suggested by you and most of the books I have read . |
| 22 | ‘ I have had the equivalent of a pre-season training session at Lilleshall and I can not wait to get back into the side . ’ |
| 23 | My heart is with Wallis and I can not live without the woman I love . ’ |
| 24 | I 've smoked for sixty years and I can not change now . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I can accept not being in the team but I can not accept that , because of the circumstances , I 'm becoming a worse footballer every week . |
| 26 | I speak truth because I can not bear to live otherwise . ’ |
| 27 | Juliet Stevenson quite believably conveys Paulina 's swings between level-headedness and hysteria but I can not join in the general chorus of ecstatic praise . |
| 28 | I did not sample any of the catering so I can not comment on quality and value , but the everything was ready on time , and the queues seemed to move reasonably well . |
| 29 | We did , of course , over the years of working closely together come to have some very frank exchanges , but the afternoon I am recalling was still early in our relationship and I can not see even Miss Kenton having been so forward . |
| 30 | I would like to have a family one day but I can not think about next week , let alone something as important as that , ’ she added with already familiar coyness . |