Example sentences of "[adv] can not do [pron] " in BNC.

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1 In the cold light of day you come to realise that you just can not do it all the time , that the body comes to a point where , for the moment , it has had enough .
2 It knows that , whatever the Government say , eventually European law or the law of a more enlightened British Government will say , ’ You just can not do it . ’
3 EMBARRASSED body-odour sufferers often can not do anything about their personal freshness problem , researchers announced today .
4 More critically , it highlights the nature of the constraints on press ‘ freedom ’ : one simply can not do what one ‘ wants ’ ; the exigencies of the market determine what is , and is not , possible .
5 Contractors will reluctantly say , ’ No , we simply can not do your work because we can not afford to be out of the money for that period . ’
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