Example sentences of "people [Wh pn] can [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I mean we obviously feel that there are people who ca n't sit and listen or watch continually , and people who do dip in and out , but they still nonetheless want to know exactly what 's going on . |
| 2 | People who ca n't scuttle just ca n't be trusted . |
| 3 | His early observation that ‘ You can always be much more friendly with people who ca n't stay long ’ later assumes a terrible significance , so short-lived is their romantic relationship . |
| 4 | Villages are crippled by people who ca n't bear to have the veil torn from their fantasy of idyllic retirement . ’ |
| 5 | For people who ca n't give up the taste of salt , health experts recommend switching to low-sodium salt alternatives . |
| 6 | Customers are charged a nominal 50 pence donation … but people who ca n't pay wo n't be turned away . |
| 7 | Norwich is not quite so compact as erm Canterbury thought is it ? for people who ca n't walk . |
| 8 | But basically I think most courses now , not sure there 's actually a legal requirement , I do n't think it is , but most of them want a at least a year 's sort of full time experience in erm , you know , d dealing with underprivileged people really and their problems and people who ca n't cope for one reason or another , and how er y you can er er sort of help them and what sort of relationship you can build with them and so on , and how |
| 9 | Now what do you need to know , you know , about yourself or about how you relate to particular groups of , of underprivileged erm or er you know inadequate people , I mean people who ca n't cope in various ways , particular erm areas , I mean age groups or particular forms of erm er maybe disability er or handicap or whatever , |
| 10 | a celestial policeman ; 2. an absentee landlord ; 3. a magician ; 4. a being greater than anything we can possibly think of ; 5. an old man on a cloud ; 6. light which gives life ; 7. the conclusion of a mathematical theorem ; 8. the chairman of a rather boring harp-playing assembly ; 9. a presence who is loving and just ; 10. a crutch for people who ca n't cope ; 11. an all-powerful dictator ; 12. a character in a fairy-story ; 13. a power that is either evil or indifferent to suffering ; 14. a heavenly Santa Claus ; 15. a king who is just and holy ; 16. electricity which is invisible and powerful , useful but dangerous ; 17. a slot-machine whom you can approach with a coin and get out what you want ; 18. the ground without which nothing in this world could exist . |
| 11 | ‘ This is Hills Brothers 50–50 , 50 per cent caffeine , for people who ca n't make up their minds , ’ he says , rinsing out a couple of mugs . |
| 12 | I wo n't be in on Monday so people will have to come in on Monday somebody will have to come in on Monday , go to the room specified which I have n't agreed yet and then put it on and then bring it back again to so people who ca n't make it today , that that 's the alternative arrangement but I 'll tell you more when I come back at eleven o'clock , okay ? |
| 13 | So certain genes enables us to do just that , because knowing the gene enables us to manufacture the product which the gene should make normally in people , and in those people who ca n't make it normally , then you can supply the defective product to them . |
| 14 | There are a lot of older people who ca n't carry back big bottles . ’ |
| 15 | Well , psychiatrists now say that people who ca n't stop having sex need help just as much as alcoholics or drug addicts . |
| 16 | I mean I 've had people who ca n't get work because they look old , right . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd like a new member of staff to know they are there to help people who ca n't help themselves and they also must have one hell of a lot of patience ! |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't live like you do with broken tractors and trees lying around , people who ca n't work properly 'cause I ca n't afford to let them . |
| 19 | Clarissa , who started as the NCDL 's Public Relations Officer before her talents were put to wider use as Chief Executive , is currently promoting the Neutering Roadshow , where people who ca n't afford to have their dogs neutered pay just £10 for a voucher , redeemable at their local vet . |
| 20 | Mm , normally er people who ca n't afford , hesitate to walk around . |
| 21 | There 's also a market there for people who ca n't afford to buy new product , and obviously still the engine 's still got life in it . |
| 22 | The desperation of people who ca n't afford to live on the pay that they are earning and who look forward to any means of change in that with hope and with optimism because things could n't get worse . |
| 23 | What we 're asking for is is a phone to the people who ca n't afford it to the police stations . |
| 24 | People who ca n't afford private treatment will be forced to visit school dentists or mobile dental surgeries . |
| 25 | It is simply a footnote to the failure of people who ca n't focus their displeasure , and who anyway are scared of acting upon it . |
| 26 | Yeah we have a number of doctors who are part of our distribution er set up , we have people like Brian who 's busily growing his hair back , there are medical exclusions for people who ca n't invert so |
| 27 | ‘ There is a lot of support for our fight because people see that the council are targeting people who ca n't fight back . ’ |
| 28 | I tell him I do n't give to people who ca n't say please . |
| 29 | Okay , so there is some deaf and elderly pensioner in Hartlepool who has pictures of Prince Edward pinned on the toilet seat but I know streams of people who ca n't wait to get rid of them . ’ |
| 30 | People who ca n't declare themselves openly . |