Example sentences of "they can not even [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The males of Tidarren are so small that they can not even carry their full complement of mating implements and consequently amputate one of their two pedipalps . |
| 2 | ‘ The authorities responsible have developed so much uncertainty in themselves that they can not even show tolerance and rationality in dealing with our children , ’ the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions ( ZCTU ) said . |
| 3 | McCartney and Harrison claim that the quality of the recording is so poor they can not even decipher their own parts , and allege two tracks are not Beatles recordings . |
| 4 | In the jargon it is said that they can not even get on the Masters and Johnson ‘ ski-slope ’ , let alone start down it . |
| 5 | Instead they will have to retrain in future , perhaps to do jobs they can not even imagine today . |