Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] can not [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says he can not waste the day whilst you converse with a madman . ’ |
| 2 | He did speak to Murray on the phone but says he can not clear the mystery until he has a chance to study the report in detail . |
| 3 | The local authority , the only one of England 's 366 councils still without a plan , says it can not afford the £10,000 cost and that the government 's recycling policy is " grandiose " but ineffective . |
| 4 | Oxford Health Authority says it can not afford the £200,000 each year to keep it going . |
| 5 | This shows you can not delete the task onscreen |
| 6 | Possible legal action means I can not describe the details , but I was the front-seat passenger who had seconds to utter an expletive before the impact . |
| 7 | ‘ Whatever pleasure it gives you can not match the pleasure it gave me to buy this trinket for you . ’ |
| 8 | That means he can not meet the next payment on his van and could lose his whole business . |
| 9 | Clearly , before the sound begins we can not measure the time it is going to take , but after it has sounded how can we measure it , since it is then no more ? |