Example sentences of "that i can [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm afraid everything 's not as I would like it to be here — you know , of course that we 've been without a Marshal for two months now — not that I ca n't cope after twenty years service in this village , but even so — ’ |
| 2 | We 've been without a Marshal nearly four months — not that I ca n't cope , but you know how it is when half the boys we get are on National Service and by the time you 've begun to knock them into shape they 're ready to leave . ’ |
| 3 | It just makes me feel , I just ca n't I 've wo worked out that I ca n't cope with this frenzying lark for all the time , I have to have space to do my pottering . |
| 4 | Another feeling , which is much more likely if you talk about my character , would be that I ca n't give anything more to this ensemble , that it 's time for someone fresher to guide these people in the right direction . |
| 5 | ‘ You know very well that I ca n't give you that sort of information , ’ said Harris , his gravelly voice unusually gentle . |
| 6 | I accept that I ca n't marry you now that I 'm poor . |
| 7 | Erm that I ca n't recollect . |
| 8 | What it comes down to is that I ca n't handle happiness . |
| 9 | Perhaps radio will allow me to play all the unsuitable roles that I ca n't do visually in the theatre , where it 's just the voice and the character . |
| 10 | The thing is , I ca n't do the environment , well it 's not that I ca n't do it when I was talking to er to the tuto the form tutors yesterday er they 're biggest keen I think Catherine had happened to notice some work that Sandra had done that she found er , interesting enough and where the kids should be knowing about , it was about banking how to sign a cheque , how to look after finances erm you know , do I have to buy a pair of trainers because it 's got Reebok on them , this sort of thing . |
| 11 | ‘ That I ca n't do . |
| 12 | I am rarely so drunk that I ca n't talk or walk straight . |
| 13 | It 's this nagging by saying nothing that I ca n't stand . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's just that I ca n't stand the slur on my grandmother 's memory . |
| 15 | The trouble is that I ca n't identify it and ca n't find it in my gardening books or in any of the books at my local library . |
| 16 | Eventually , at tea time , I tell Nicola 's mother that I ca n't go to India because I 'm starting a course at university . |
| 17 | ‘ It follows , said Karelius slowly , ‘ that I ca n't go back to Sanders ' place . |
| 18 | I I The one he 's going on to that I ca n't go , it 's the third week in July . |
| 19 | I 'd rather have the doctor saying that I ca n't go home rather than me signing myself out . |
| 20 | And it 's a thingy that I ca n't forget about . |
| 21 | And it 's a thingy that I ca n't forget about . |
| 22 | But it 's so far back in my mind that I ca n't reach it . |
| 23 | ‘ I feel sometimes that I ca n't reach Faustina as I 've reached other cats . |
| 24 | ‘ In spite of that I ca n't bring myself to thank J Edgar Hoover . ’ |
| 25 | A thousand needs that I 've spent most of my teenage years pretending do n't exist , and when they 've made themselves felt , so strongly that I ca n't fail to be aware of them , I 've crushed them , trying to control my appetite and cravings in every way that I know , fighting a pointless and endless war against myself . |
| 26 | of course you 'll be aware that I ca n't grant you any of your wishes … why do you think I 'm always wearing RED & WHITE with a little BLACK trim ? ? ? ? |
| 27 | It irritates me that I ca n't think of enough rare foods I have n't had and have wanted to have . |
| 28 | ‘ Fear that you might leave Czechoslovakia without first returning to your hotel , ’ he replied , then grinned wryly as he added , ‘ For the first time in my life I find that I ca n't think logically — for why would you take a train to Mariánské Láznë to leave Czechoslovakia , when you could more easily take a plane from Prague ? |
| 29 | The police , if they want to say ‘ No comment ’ , they say , ‘ I 'm sure you 'll understand that I ca n't comment on that particular aspect , the matter is sub judice , you would n't wish me to prejudice the . |
| 30 | I … there 's feelings inside me that I ca n't explain . |