Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [pron] can not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What takes place when someone learns something can not be observed directly ; we can only know that learning has taken place by examining changes m the person 's behaviour after the event . |
| 2 | The giant who knows she can not be helped in any way . |
| 3 | And it is itself always also paradoxical , for it discloses what can not be scaled down to be contained , proved , measured , demonstrated or explained within the framework of finite human reasoning . |
| 4 | His dream is only an illusion and he knows it can not be realised . |
| 5 | This change in Pip 's attitude and behaviour and perhaps his realisation that he is not a true gentleman is his final change from contentment , to discontentment and snobbery to finally semi-contentment though I think he knows he can not be fully content with reaching some sort of conclusion with Estella as she still has his heart . |