Example sentences of "[pron] can not [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not leave Angharad alone . ’ |
| 2 | I can not leave Decca without drooling over its ‘ Historic ’ recordings — Backhaus/Clemens Krauss , LSO/Krips , Monteux , VPO/Kleiber , Knappertsbusch , Amadeus/Curzon/Brain ; Della Casa , Flagstad , Julius Katchen , Rachmaninov and the incomparable Rosenkavalier ( Jurinac , Reining , Weber , Gueden , Poell , VPO/Kleiber ) . |
| 3 | ‘ But I can not leave Edward on his own , ’ protested the eleven-year-old . |
| 4 | I can not pass water without a forgotten claimant reaching for what is his . |
| 5 | I refer to your letter dated 6 July 1993 and would advise that after consideration , I have decided that I can not grant permission for day release . |
| 6 | I tell you this because I know that I can not expect trust if I do not give it . |
| 7 | ‘ I can not refuse entry to the owners . |
| 8 | In fact , I can not drink champagne without having food with it — Lanson Black Label is my preferred ‘ standard ’ accompaniment . |
| 9 | I can not choose something as an end simply because a wiser man tells me I would want it if I understood myself better , because I can not choose ends at all by inferring from facts about my inclinations ; the choice of an end is nothing else but the spontaneous settling of inclination in one direction or other , and the honest or self-deceiving interpretation of its goal . |
| 10 | It 's only that I can not stand possessiveness , it diminishes people . ’ |
| 11 | Because I play the game I can not stand referees at the best of times … am I being biased here ? |
| 12 | I can not do justice to the disagreeable impression that this man , one Broadhurst , had upon me … |
| 13 | And more than that I 'm afraid I can not tell people . |
| 14 | I can not make sense of that rhyme . |
| 15 | Ann Windiate , director of social services , conceded : ‘ I can not make guarantees on job security . ’ |
| 16 | I enjoyed reading your material , but after consideration I 'm afraid to say that I can not make use of short stories . |
| 17 | Tell him that I am very sorry but I can not make exceptions . |
| 18 | I can not make generalisations without a far more detailed study of hospitals . |
| 19 | I can not picture Derek being up for it quite honestly , can you ? |
| 20 | I can not give credence to the 17 per cent . |
| 21 | With regret , I can not give way to the hon. Gentleman on this occasion . |
| 22 | I can not bear denial . |
| 23 | Does not he have a powerful point when he says : ’ The new system is run by accountants who do n't have to sit across the table from the patient and say I can not treat you' ’ until the new financial year ? |
| 24 | In our uncaring society where relationships are reduced to a cold , three-letter word these days , I can not blame Mr Ashdown ( or anyone else ) for keeping something so personal from the shadow of sordidness through which our society ignorantly views such things today . |
| 25 | But whatever I do ( and I do plenty ) I can not change Rainbow 's belief that it is as blessed to give as to receive . |
| 26 | I can not touch Parfois . |
| 27 | ‘ People say I 've got the best serve in the world and that if I do n't serve well I can not win matches . ’ |
| 28 | You have in your possession a copy of my report , I feel I can not thank members adequately , those who collect subscriptions and those members who made such lovely vestments ; for their dedication to the Guild . |
| 29 | I can not understand people who continue to vote Conservative after they have lost their homes or their jobs , or both . |
| 30 | Phrases such as ‘ TINA ’ ( ‘ there is no alternative ’ ) in answer to critics of her economic policy , and ‘ We want our money ’ ( ‘ I can not play Sister Bountiful to the Community ’ ) to her EEC partners over the perennial problem of Britain 's budget payments , sum up the spirit of what she feels and argues . |