Example sentences of "[pers pn] can not help [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not help hearing , |
| 2 | When I see those beautiful scenes in Armide or Thésée roll on wonderfully with an air of fullness and ease in the same key , I can not help exclaiming : how could that single key contain so many lovely things ? |
| 3 | ‘ I do not wish to be hard upon poor people in great affliction ; but I can not help thinking that they have been doing for hundreds of years past something very like what the Bible calls ‘ tempting God' ’ — staking their property and their lives upon the chances or no earthquakes coming , while they ought to have known that an earthquake might come an day . ’ |
| 4 | I can not help thinking that the booby who so completely misses the point of the question is often actuated by some hidden ( and mistaken ) motive of self-preservation . |
| 5 | I can not help thinking , on broad principles , that the staying proceedings in an action brought without any cause is no good consideration for a promise such as is relied on here . |
| 6 | This was followed by an interview between the President and Von Papen : and I can not help thinking that , during their conversation together , the former must have assured the latter that , so long as she could hold out against Allied demands , Turkey would abstain from hostile action towards Germany . |
| 7 | I can not help believing that the most discerning public must be interested in this work . |
| 8 | I can not help feeling that any good done might have been cancelled out by oil fires in the Gulf . |
| 9 | As one reads the various strictures of the Old Testament prophets against those who exploit their economic power , I can not help feeling that their major relevance within the U K today is to the trade union movement by the power exercised by elements within it . |
| 10 | Indeed , if it were to be as firmly and clearly drawn as some of our mentors would wish , I can not help feeling that a number of leading cases in your Lordships ' House would never have been decided the way they were . |
| 11 | The description of the facts is somewhat exiguous and I can not help feeling that if they had been fully stated the case would fall to be treated as involving a demand colore officii rather than as supporting the Woolwich principle . |
| 12 | Although the matter does not arise in this appeal because Woolwich were fully aware of all the relevant circumstances , I can not help feeling that there is some illogicality in treating as voluntary a payment by someone who justifiably believes that the demand is lawful whereas in fact it turns out to be unlawful . |
| 13 | At the same time I can not help feeling that the defence is one which ought to be used with great discretion , and that for two reasons . |
| 14 | I can not help feeling that there must be a lesson here . |
| 15 | I can not help feeling that the life Anna lived was at least lived in every sense of the word , rather than spent miserably , in gossip and the petty concerns of the women around her . |
| 16 | She has such a thirst after knowledge that the more she knows , I verily think the humbler she is , and I can not help letting go as fast as she pulls as my son used to do to his kite . |
| 17 | But when , as I fear , you have lost your innocence and added another to the number of fools he has ruined , I can not help showing my displeasure to you . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , I can not help wondering about the parcels , for that is something so out of the ordinary , and about the things which are now missing . |
| 19 | By the same token , I can not help wondering what will be the result of a survey among half the 2,500 members of the British Psychological Society to establish how many of them have had sexual relations with their clients . |
| 20 | But I can not help wondering whether the dark mood of the ballet was at least partly influenced by Britten 's opera Peter Grimes , which also included episodes of fishermen mending their nets . |
| 21 | The Bill also imposes an automatic one-year driving ban , but I can not help wondering how many young people will be deterred by that — particularly as many of them drive without a licence anyway . |
| 22 | But having followed his behaviour over the past few Christmas seasons , I can not help wondering what sort of cringing helot population is to be found in the County of Nottingham which is prepared to put up with such a Chief Constable . |
| 23 | And I am endeavouring to destroy that worth I can not help admiring ? |
| 24 | ‘ I should be loth to create more difficulties , but I can not help following a line of thought to its logical end . |
| 25 | And you can not help keeping your fingers crossed for him . |
| 26 | But it is the tragedy of life that you can not help thrusting and straining . |
| 27 | For I think you can not help pondering on our meeting last night . |
| 28 | You can not help noticing that the incidence of fatalities among Boyd 's artistes seems remarkably high , even by the alarming standards of the pop business . |
| 29 | Given the clear-sightedness of his book , and the proximity of the National Theatre to the Palace of Westminster , you can not help feeling that it might be worth giving Mr Eyre a chance as well . |
| 30 | We can not but be overwhelmingly impressed by what the Chinese have achieved in the country and elsewhere , but at the same time we can not help seeing the comic side of the rituals in which we find ourselves participating . |