Example sentences of "[pers pn] can not [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please note that I can not undertake to reply to individual queries from readers however I will do my best to answer questions from readers through the medium of this column . |
| 2 | Please note that I can not undertake to reply to individual queries from readers however I will do my best to answer all questions from readers through the medium of this column . |
| 3 | The going will be a bit tough , not because I shall use sophisticated techniques ( I shall not ) , but because I can not avoid producing in fairly quick succession a sequence of ideas which will be new to many of my readers . |
| 4 | I can not hope to think clearly when you are near me . |
| 5 | I am glad that you have had orgies at Jay 's — I am jealous , but I can not hope to play if I want to work . |
| 6 | ‘ I can not stop working on this just because it is dangerous . |
| 7 | I can not start to live again as I used to . ’ |
| 8 | What sort of twisted thoughts went through my father 's brain at the time to make him choose such a name for the child I can not start to imagine , but that was the name Angus chose for his new son . |
| 9 | I take him at his word , for I can not go to see for myself , not being male . |
| 10 | I do hope you wo n't mind fearfully , but I 've said I can not continue to serve under the G any longer . |
| 11 | Mr later on in her evidence said , quote , I consider that after six and a half years , I deserve to have a life of my own , it is not a prison sentence , I have done nothing wrong , I wish to be free to give assistance at my choice , we can not continue to live in our present home , Michael and I can not continue to look after Anna in the way we have . |
| 12 | ‘ I have lost my daughter , ’ she told Judge John Rutter , ‘ I can not bear to lose my niece as well . |
| 13 | It is relief , I think , and we must marry soon , I can not bear to wait , and you wo n't mind living in a little house in Vetch Street when you are used to this , will you ? ’ |
| 14 | I speak truth because I can not bear to live otherwise . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Now remember , ’ he said , ‘ I am not angry with you , but I can not bear to live with you at the moment . |
| 16 | I can not bear seeing her again . |
| 17 | But I can not bear to see the stars , even though I know they 're there all right , and I do see them , because Tod looks upwards at night , as everybody does , and coos and points . |
| 18 | I can not bear to throw things away , partly because of my upbringing and partly out of sentiment . |
| 19 | I can not bear to look . |
| 20 | I can not bear to think of her as laid in the dark grave . ’ |
| 21 | Soon I shall start snarling at visitors and grubbing for nourishment in the fields , simply because I can not bear to think of myself in the same category as Betty , and she has laid claim to humanity . |
| 22 | I read one , or sometimes two , descriptions each night , curled up in bed — I can not bear to read any more , because each one sends my brain reeling and spinning like a moth round a candleflame . |
| 23 | It 's a cowardly thing to do , but I can not bear to face her … not yet . |
| 24 | I can not claim to know better , I know nothing , I never have known very much , but I fear for her . |
| 25 | I can not claim to have read it all but it seems massively comprehensive , and certainly useful for libraries . |
| 26 | I can not claim to have undertaken a comprehensive content analysis of the literature , but it is very unusual to find systematic analysis of the ‘ state ’ as such in works on Japan written in English . |
| 27 | I can not claim to have been a close friend , but I had occasional encounters with him and , as with most people , it would be more accurate to describe them as occasional brushes . |
| 28 | I can not venture to say whether the shake-up which we thought World War two might have given to Germany has done it . |
| 29 | I can not promise to do that immediately . |
| 30 | I can not promise to make you into a world authority on ingredients , but I do hope to share my passion for good food with you , and to inspire you to try a different type of tea or a new way of serving pasta . |