Example sentences of "i can not [vb infin] you [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Should you come to town , I am sorry that I can not offer you a home pro tempore — pro trumpery indeed it would be , if I did not make any such offer — for unless you occupied the grate as a seat — I see no probability of your finding any rest consonant with the safety of my parrots — seeing , that of the six chairs I possess — 5 are at present occupied with lithographic prints : — the whole of my exalted & delightful upper tenement in fact overflows with them , and for the last 12 months I have so moved — thought — looked at , — & existed among parrots — that should any transmigration take place at my decease I am sure my soul would be very uncomfortable in anything but one of the psittacidae . ’ |
| 2 | Aye you see I can not tell you the right story , but when Mary Queen of Scots |
| 3 | I d I know that , there 's that phrase you know , we will never see his like again , I think we probably will , but it will be a very long time , and I can not tell you the infinite feeling of sadness erm , that I felt when I heard of his passing . |
| 4 | That 's right so you then go into the en suite room , well I can not tell you the trouble I 've had from the en suite ! |
| 5 | I can not give you a firm promise that this is the turning point . |
| 6 | I can not give you the exact quantities you should use , for it will vary from one water to another according to the carp population . |
| 7 | All this may seem like a put-off — but so many have died through lack of thought , facilities and impatience I can not give you the impression that they are going to be cheap and easy , quite the reverse ! |