Example sentences of "[pron] i [vb mod] not understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to know what is behind this first , ’ he snapped , ‘ because for the life of me I can not understand why a man in his position should want to take up with the likes of you . |
| 2 | And I I ca n't understand it and I still have n't got to the bottom of the reason why is doing , seems to me to be doing a lot of work herself |
| 3 | Well it 's for , I , I I ca n't understand why erm i i it 's not been do , sort of not done ba by now because , oh yes . |
| 4 | ‘ I think John 's between record contracts , too , which I ca n't understand at all . |
| 5 | He makes some allegations which I ca n't understand . |
| 6 | Finally , he turned to me and asked a question , repeating it twice , in the same jumble of words and sounds which I could n't understand . |
| 7 | She really has this er attitude which I can not understand because erm a a as I think it was Al Reeve said , you know , erm some people ca n't bear children , we ca n't , but we like them but if you have actually borne children , you are in other words a mother , you 've got ta have a attitude , not only to children in general but to your children in particular , which is very very difficult for er a male to understand and a non-father , it 's gon na be very very difficult cos I personally do n't have any children at all and therefore it is very very difficult for me to even comprehend but given that I can erm I can sympathize with something I do not comprehend it must be monumentally difficult for her |
| 8 | Because she I ca n't understand what she says to me . |
| 9 | Well , it is something I ca n't understand , and Rose Macaulay ca n't either . |
| 10 | Something I could not understand … ’ |
| 11 | Happily , we lived in a much more enlightened time during World War 2 , I never understood the treatment of LMF cases ; it was something I could not understand as outlined in the Air Ministry Order , which was a very harsh document and did not give much leeway in the treatment of a chap if he felt he could not do any more . |
| 12 | This is something I can not understand : the wonder of sadness , the glory of pain . |
| 13 | So Ken said to him I ca n't understand what a boy like you 's doing here Duane . |
| 14 | What I ca n't understand is who she thanks when she wants to be thankful , for example when her son was born . |
| 15 | ‘ But what I ca n't understand is why they did n't just take our project in the first place . |
| 16 | What I ca n't understand is how this all went on under my nose . ’ |
| 17 | This is what I ca n't understand . |
| 18 | ‘ What I ca n't understand , ’ she said at last , coming to a stop again behind David 's chair , ‘ is why he married me at all and why he … . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is why God had to be dragged into it in the first place . |
| 20 | What what what I ca n't understand , I can be alright , at the day , and as |
| 21 | ‘ I thought so , but what I ca n't understand is why you 're letting Dana get away with it . |
| 22 | ‘ What I ca n't understand , ’ the Archdeacon went on , ‘ is why Dersingham put Marr in in the first place . ’ |
| 23 | Erm , you know , this is what I ca n't understand , we have n't heard this . |
| 24 | ‘ What I ca n't understand , ’ Richards said , ‘ is why we have to wait . |
| 25 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is this . ’ |
| 26 | What I ca n't understand , though , is why the British should want to get involved . ’ |
| 27 | But what I ca n't understand is why you needed to know what star sign I am , or the characteristics that go with it . |
| 28 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is why you were so keen for me to stay here , in the circumstances … ’ |
| 29 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is that Helen told me the same thing . |
| 30 | What I ca n't understand is |