Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How they were done I can not imagine … ‘ |
| 2 | I do hope you wo n't mind fearfully , but I 've said I can not continue to serve under the G any longer . |
| 3 | Mrs Hunt has said she can not understand why there was such a delay when an ambulance station is situated less than a mile from her home . |
| 4 | SCAWD 's regular funding is threatened by the fact that some of our main donors , including the Church of Scotland , SCIAF and the URC , as well as Christian Aid , have all said they can not increase their grants annually to cover inflation . |
| 5 | This will be true whatever the value of γ 1 ; therefore whatever value of γ 1 is selected it can not make the distinction between aggregate and relative demand shocks any less important . |
| 6 | Think about the shape of the flowers that you are pressing and try to place the blotting paper on top of them as carefully as possible to ensure that they will lie flat under the weights , because once they are permanently pressed you can not start again . |
| 7 | PRINCESS DIANA has been told she can not see her sons until next Tuesday . |
| 8 | The child asks for something and is told she can not have it . |
| 9 | Having died they can not do this themselves , but the Roman Catholic church teaches that the cleansing can be effected by the ‘ prayers and … good works ’ of those still alive . |
| 10 | ‘ Under no circumstances will any of those competitors who have been chosen be told they can not go . ’ |
| 11 | Mandale Harrier Shaun Purcell , runner-up in the Cleveland Schools Championships , has been told he can not compete at Bristol next month because he missed the annual School InterCounties with a flu virus . |
| 12 | A LABOUR front-bencher has been told he can not marry his bride in the House of Commons crypt because they are both Roman Catholic . |
| 13 | Ironically Langbaurgh council , whose residents have the highest incidence of asthma in Cleveland , has been told it can not have special funding to contribute to the project . |
| 14 | The value of AOB is to allow urgent matters to be raised which can not wait until the next meeting . |
| 15 | They are clearly set out and if they are flouted we can not accept it . ’ |
| 16 | As the words are not spoken you can not control the tone of voice . |
| 17 | ‘ Until that decision is known we can not begin to draw up an engineering schedule but we should have all works completed by the end of 1995 , ’ said an NGC spokesman . |
| 18 | 13.3.6 Expert appointed who can not act |
| 19 | A Pump Wagon is dependent on its crew for mobility , so once its crew are all slain it can not move . |
| 20 | And since Karajan 's 1977 production of Strauss 's Salome was not filmed we can not recapture that with any certainty , though it exists in purely aural form on record . |
| 21 | Benefits are permanent , as once fat cells are removed they can not return . |
| 22 | The best reply to both conclusions consists in providing what it is maintained we can not have . |
| 23 | This bill was criticized and amended in the Lords ; and as the original bill has not survived we can not know its contents or the government 's intentions . |
| 24 | Christians are supposed to forgive , but what if say it 's the mother of somebody who had a child that 's been murdered or if somebody has been raped you can not say that they should forgive you cos they were a Christian . |
| 25 | If they are burned they can not regenerate , so fire is the greatest ally of the Troll fighter . |
| 26 | This incapacitates them temporarily ; whilst imprisoned they can not victimize the public , although they do continue to victimize other prisoners , sometimes at a rate that exceeds community crime levels . |