Example sentences of "[coord] i can not " in BNC.

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1 not repeat them , or I can not hear ?
2 An me can not feel me botty
3 I feel my heart pounding as I think of her , and I can not push from my mind a strong feeling that something has happened to her .
4 Unable to stop paddling for fear of capsizing , Tony and I can not put on our anoraks and within a few minutes we are soaked by the freezing combination of sea and rain .
5 Mr John Brown , the Conservative agent for the West Midlands , said he had heard rumours about financial difficulties yesterday : ‘ I do not know if there is any truth in them , and I can not react . ’
6 And I can not take you with me . ’
7 Deputed to get his own disguise , he went off fuming to a wig shop : ‘ And the lady started to go through all kinds of salesmanship to sell me the wig and if I wanted to swim , I did n't want to swim , and I 'm sitting there knowing that this meeting is going to start very soon and I can not — lady , let's get on with it , I do n't give a damn , just give me a wig . ’
8 He is ever confused and his confusion makes him angry and I can not see that it can be helped though it is hard to endure .
9 Throwing yourself at men , men of gross natures , is a still-greater act of self-abuse , and I can not warn you too strongly that you are placing yourself in the very gravest danger .
10 The originals were cut before I purchased the vehicle and I can not find the answer on any wiring diagram .
11 But they concern themselves primarily with discussing the application of nuclear physics , and I can not see that the work of a biologist could profitably be discussed at such a conference , and certainly not by me .
12 We did , of course , over the years of working closely together come to have some very frank exchanges , but the afternoon I am recalling was still early in our relationship and I can not see even Miss Kenton having been so forward .
13 All I can now remember of questions and answers is writing a three-hour essay on ‘ Security ’ , and I can not think that it was very good .
14 One problem that occupied him was trying to dissuade Hanns from joining the army : ‘ Do n't do anything so foolish … it seems a hopelessly idiotic and pointless idea , and I can not understand why you want to do this ? ’
15 There is only one Arsenal today , and I can not conceive another simply because no other club have players fitted to carry on the same ideas . ’
16 You come to me , and I can not speak
17 An abatement of reverence and forelock touching is all to the good , and I can not really think that doctors should be denied their fair share of human fallibility .
18 As I said before , Klemperer 's conducting invariably fuelled controversy , and I can not imagine a more controversial performance than his 1968 recording of Mahler 's Seventh Symphony , which comes in a boxed set with the appropriate coupling of Klemperer 's own Second Symphony and his Seventh String Quartet , the latter performed by the Philharmonia Quartet ( ) .
19 ‘ I am anxious that you should stay here until I return and I can not think of a better way of making sure you do than by putting you in charge of my property , ’ he explained .
20 Trouble was I could never run very quickly , and I can not imagine what I would have done if I had been chased by the bull .
21 Pine martens undoubtedly kill rabbits in hill and mountain country but that 's not my scene and I can not comment on it .
22 When they have chosen the cards you then say : ‘ You have chosen the cards and I can not possibly know which two they are .
23 God can not be the exclusive Father and I can not ascribe exclusive divinity to Jesus .
24 Yet , equally , right close up in front of the cab the sound is muffled and I can not hear myself accurately .
25 ‘ The knee went just a week before Scotland 's game against England and I can not remember feeling more depressed , ’ said Armstrong .
26 ‘ I have had the equivalent of a pre-season training session at Lilleshall and I can not wait to get back into the side . ’
27 Mr Smith 's survival techniques are sound and I can not imagine that any accountant would gainsay them .
28 As my friend David Jessel has pointed out , even if 99 per cent of all criminal convictions are correct , that still leaves in a prison population of 40,000 some 400 who have no business being there ; and I can not imagine any experience more demoralizing than to be locked up for years for a crime one did n't commit .
29 Those three operations then are the measure of modern medical practice : cancers which might have developed from an enlarged prostate , some rogue polyps and a spinal tumour , any one of which could have proved fatal , were all pre-empted by discovery and cure ; and I can not be other than deeply grateful for this additional lease of life .
30 Very often , finding an unusual frame can spark off an idea for an equally unusual picture , and I can not stress too highly the need for a beautifully made frame to give a professional finish to your work , as a cheap or shoddy frame does absolutely nothing to enhance the picture whatsoever .
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