Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] [pron] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not know why I can not speak … and then a voice called her name . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the writing remains as something separate from the experience and if teachers do not know how they can usefully respond to the writing as a text , then their part in helping children improve their writing is insignificant . |
| 3 | People sometimes say they bear no malice but I do not know how they can say that . |
| 4 | I do not know how we can make that judgment until we have seen the texture of the decision that we are being asked to make . |
| 5 | If constitutional independence is what sovereignty is , I do not know how one can reduce it by pooling it . |
| 6 | I do not know how you can hope to investigate crime effectively , without the assistance of the superior sex ! |
| 7 | He pointed at Mr Major and demanded : ‘ I do not know how you can sit there as Prime Minister of a Government that is capable of deceit on such a scale . |
| 8 | I do not know how I can have fathered such children . |
| 9 | After the answers that I have given , I do not know how anyone can say that nothing is happening on the matter . |
| 10 | Take care with application : if not applied properly they can chip off and could be swallowed by a child , which might not be harmful , but wo n't be very pleasant . |
| 11 | First , I do not understand how anyone can possibly think that a menu which features one fat-laden course after another — foie gras , creamy soup , fat-wrapped lamb , pan-fried potatoes , cheese and more cream in the mousse — is a well-planned menu . |
| 12 | I do not understand how it can be against commercial interests to be told the selling price . |
| 13 | As we have no continuous contemporary account of the persecution of Antiochus IV and of the Maccabean reaction , I do not see how we can decide whether any Psalm may be labelled as Maccabean . |
| 14 | I do not see how we can separate principle from practice , policy from implementation . |
| 15 | They want to feel that they are eating the kind of food which will add to the chances of their remaining in good health , but often they can not see how they can do so if their income has been drastically reduced . |
| 16 | I do not see how they can justify it . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ The ground of any action based on negligence is the concurrence of breach of duty and damage , and I can not see how there can be that concurrence unless the duty still exists and is breached when the damage occurs . |
| 18 | The ground of any action based on negligence is the concurrence of breach of duty and damage , and I can not see how there can be that concurrence unless the duty still exists and is breached when the damage occurs . |
| 19 | ‘ In any case , ’ he continued , ‘ I do not see how I can help you . |
| 20 | I do not see how I can answer the question as I could not see properly the document that the hon. Member was waving . |
| 21 | ‘ I do not see how you can expand access by any means other than the Government paying . |
| 22 | ‘ It was on a bearing of 280 degrees and was already west of the Falklands , so I 'm sorry but I can not see how you can say it was not sailing away from the Falklands when it was sunk . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I really can not see how you can repair them . |
| 24 | As for your complaint that you do not get out enough , I can not see how you can justify it . |
| 25 | a bit more daylight so that you can go it more , in the morning and you 're not dashing back you can have a full day |
| 26 | The trouble with this formulation is that it does not suggest how we can be sure as to just what is the constitutional set-up , and this is a particular problem once we recognise that the power of particular institutions is subject to change and that there are disputes as to what are ( and should be ) the fundamental practices and rules . |
| 27 | Computers can also get in the way , and if they 're not running properly they can be frustrating . |
| 28 | If you really can not talk then you can write your replies , but I am not leaving this room until I have them . |
| 29 | You 're not working tomorrow you can watch movie wi me . |
| 30 | No no I do n't think ever I can remember . |