Example sentences of "[noun sg] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The world 's response to this is a ‘ Dr Zhivago mentality ’ , which is ‘ if one lover ca n't meet my needs I will have two ’ . |
| 2 | If an agent does a good job with the first one , and builds a successful relationship with the manager , there is no reason why that agent ca n't deal with all of a manager 's acts . |
| 3 | We at outdoor Action ca n't help you to remember to pack one but on our great subscription offer you can get a handy sized , high quality Nitech torch — for free . |
| 4 | and finally the action ca n't come quick enough for this man … |
| 5 | So Aid ca n't control me , |
| 6 | For these refugees such aid ca n't arrive soon enough . |
| 7 | Cos without the head man a trainer ca n't train horse , and I 'm telling you that for nothing ! |
| 8 | Sometimes , when an eruption takes place within a large crater , the lava ca n't flow away , and gets ponded up in the crater . |
| 9 | The sensuous mouth ca n't fail to put you under starter 's orders ? ’ |
| 10 | In fact , it is desirable that they should meet and get to know each other for a day or two over a safe fence ( possibly a mesh that a horse ca n't kick a leg through ) before they are put in with each other . |
| 11 | ‘ After all , if a priest ca n't get a helping hand in Ireland , where would he get one ? ’ |
| 12 | ( Looks up ) The spring ca n't last for ever . |
| 13 | John Sculley at Apple Computer Inc is another name that has been canvassed , and he is the exception that proves the rule that an outsider ca n't run a computer company , but he came in fascinated by the business and devoted all his efforts in the early days learning about it for himself rather than relying on his minions , something no-one taking over IBM now has time to do . |
| 14 | A different reader will spot them quickly , and newspapers and publishers employ people one of whose jobs it is to pick out the " literals " ( slips ) made by writers , typists and typesetters : readers do not necessarily assume that the editor or journalist ca n't spell if they find a printing error . |
| 15 | Howard says drearily if Labour ca n't do it this time they never will . |
| 16 | Anyway , Labour ca n't get their own story straight about taxes , so how can voters begin to believe what they say ? |
| 17 | If you 've got carbon monoxide poisoning one of the problems is that your blood ca n't carry the oxygen because the red blood cells are being put out of action by the carbon monoxide . |
| 18 | Mummy ca n't do chain stitch . ’ |
| 19 | Then she went into a shop and said : ‘ Do you realise mummy ca n't come into your shop because there 's such a big step . ’ |
| 20 | So mummy ca n't have you wo n't finish first on pudding . |
| 21 | Consuelo ca n't carry on all day , when she 's stayed there all night . |
| 22 | The real search ca n't begin until we find out what sort of kidnappers we 're dealing with . |
| 23 | ‘ Industry ca n't afford to invest in modern technology because of the Government 's high interest rates , so it is less competitive . |
| 24 | Sippl , who rues the fact the Unix industry ca n't agree on a common desktop interface , reflects that it 's ‘ scary that one vendor [ Novell Inc ] is about to take over what we spent a decade building ’ largely because he offers the customer homogeneity . |
| 25 | Sippl , who rues the fact the Unix industry ca n't agree on a common desktop interface ( UX No 426 ) , reflects that it 's ‘ scary that one vendor is about to take over what we spent a decade building ’ largely because he offers the customer homogeneity . |
| 26 | The Inland Revenue ca n't take it off you , ’ says Lord Teviot , who is also quite open about the fact that all a Lord has to do to qualify for his expenses is to walk into the chamber , have his name logged by a doorkeeper and walk out . |
| 27 | Even gallons of Dettol ca n't mask celestial incense , and try as she might , there was incense all over the floor every bleeding morning . |
| 28 | Yeah , cos cough ca n't sleep . |
| 29 | And there 's one thing that Great-gran ca n't stand and that 's adverse publicity in any way . |
| 30 | ‘ Put it over the wheat-rick , so the wind ca n't blow the flames from the hay-rick on to it ! |