Example sentences of "can not [verb] that [subord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And I find that we ca n't ignore that although the male sex is not the enemy — the male sex does benefit from the system . |
| 2 | But the media ca n't say that , they ca n't interpret that because what they 've got to do is sell to their readers , a story which the readers want to hear . |
| 3 | Er , certainly I 'm sure Rachel shares her information , even if it 's only to say , you ca n't watch that because something else is on Channel Four at the same time . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't answer that because I do n't know . ’ |
| 5 | Well I ca n't help that if they were there . |
| 6 | Well you ca n't help that cos you wanted to do |
| 7 | I ca n't see that as being loving a woman . |
| 8 | Yes but you ca n't see that till after Rosie and Jim now . |
| 9 | But if you invest when share prices are high and you ca n't know that until later , you will if you then sell , incur a loss , probably not very great but nonetheless annoying . |
| 10 | And they do n't really want to go on using you as a a sort of prop , because I mean you ca n't afford that because you 've got lots of other clients and you , you know really the aim is to try and get them back to self-sufficiency . |
| 11 | Well , I ca n't promise that if you leave I 'll be as generous as he was ; I 'll continue your allowance certainly , but as for a house , no ; for as you are well aware , because you know the books as well as I do , it takes us all our time , even with my salary , to continue living here as we have done of yore . |
| 12 | Yeah , but you ca n't say that because I know someone with six children and they 've |
| 13 | ‘ You ca n't say that as though it 's a fact . ’ |
| 14 | I ca n't believe that after , what 's in effect , a year 's absence will have quickened him up any . |
| 15 | I ca n't believe that if you have enough faith you can move a mountain from here to there . |
| 16 | You simply can not assume that because the report has been well received that it will automatically produce action or a decision . |
| 17 | I agree with what has been put on the agenda of our last meeting and that should be and that should be and that is fate , you can not alter that unless you do something about it . |
| 18 | ‘ I can not say that if Mrs. O'Brien had known the full and true effect of her commitment under the charge , she would instantly and inevitably have refused to execute it . |
| 19 | The Government can not say that because , by definition , the Government have to be comfortable with everything , but it has not been a profitable period for teachers in terms of their pay . |