Example sentences of "can not do [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are certain things we can not do but there are certain things we can . |
| 2 | For example , the simplest desk-top computer functions through ‘ perceiving ’ shifting patterns of electrons , something which we can not do because we are not aware of electrons in everyday life . |
| 3 | To fall , in , towards the nucleus it would have to lose all its energy , and this it can not do as it is continually absorbing energy from the ether which balances with the amount it naturally radiates . |
| 4 | I can not do as I like in the house . |
| 5 | In some ways they are even better than our own , for a squid can distinguish polarised light which we can not do and their retinas have a finer structure which means , almost certainly , that they can distinguish finer detail than we can . |