Example sentences of "[pron] [coord] [pron] can not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But such things have become part of himself and he can not be restrained from taking them away and using them . |
| 2 | When an old person becomes so demented that she or he can not be contained in an old people 's home the choice is between a private nursing home costing about £400 a week or a free bed in the NHS . |
| 3 | As I write , I make assumptions about what my reader already knows about language and language learning , about the common ground of knowledge , and what he or she can not be expected to know since it concerns the idiosyncrasies of my own view of these matters . |
| 4 | It follows therefore that if the sole member is also a director , he or she can not be the secretary . |
| 5 | If your child is over 16 , he or she can not be tested for HIV without his or her permission . |
| 6 | There was , too , the how-dun-it , the book in which it soon becomes evident who the murderer is but in which he or she can not be brought to satisfying justice unless some ingenious , proof-defying method used is brought to light . |
| 7 | During this time of testing , a sufferer from alcoholism mat say that he or she can not be alcoholic because he or she does not drink in the mornings or is still in regular employment or still has a home and family or perhaps only drinks wine and beer but never spirits or only drinks at the weekends . |
| 8 | The party in the country knows it and it can not be cowed by pleas for loyalty . ’ |