Example sentences of "can not [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can not tell me . |
| 2 | You really can not tell me too much — I would rather sift through a huge amount of detail and give you a definite answer than have to suggest all the possible alternatives and leave you to figure out which applies in your case . |
| 3 | ‘ And you can not tell me what it is ? ’ |
| 4 | but I mean you can not tell me that , that |
| 5 | I have been reassured on countless occasions that a hypnotist can not make me do anything against my will . |
| 6 | I really can not find fault with this book except to say that even splendid photography can not make me love all of Piffetti 's furniture . |
| 7 | It can not make me change my mind , so if you intend using it use it and shoot me now . |
| 8 | Where I can not advise I can condole and communicate , which doubles joy , halves sorrow . |
| 9 | You can not expect me to allow my house to be turned into a dressmaking establishment . ’ |
| 10 | However , the hon. Gentleman can not expect me to agree with his preface , in which he said that his right hon. Friend the Prime Minister had negotiated brilliantly . |
| 11 | But you can not expect I mean we was actually lucky there was a job there now , when it closed down . |
| 12 | The aforesaid captain I shall endeavour to keep beside me as my bondsman ; hobbled , and under my eye , he can not do me injury . |
| 13 | I can not I can not do I can not differentiate that I 'll tell you what I could do I 'd have no problem at all if you gave me something Y equals U squared no problem |
| 14 | ‘ You can not blame me for that . |
| 15 | He tells me that sometimes my desire verges on cannibalism , and that he can not give me what I want . |
| 16 | He left when he was eighteen , presumably with the cry so often heard from those who look for instant wisdom in courses designed primarily to foster skills by which such discrimination may be attained : " the course can not give me what I am looking for " . |
| 17 | You will be angry I know and accuse me of all manner of evil things but one thing you can not accuse me of Lily is not caring for your son upon whose life I swear I love him truly and want only what is best for him . |
| 18 | Women can not betray me , for I have never made the mistake of trusting them . |
| 19 | ‘ The archbishop can not compensate me enough for slavery in Salzburg … |
| 20 | I have popular support in the House , and the party can not manipulate me . |
| 21 | I really can not believe I 'm hearing aright . ’ |
| 22 | I can not believe I was so shallow back then . |
| 23 | ‘ I can not claim I know Mr Peckham . |
| 24 | The most rigorous deduction of new ends can not release me , as long as it was from spontaneous goals that the ends from which my system grew were themselves originally chosen . |
| 25 | ‘ Then you can not criticise me for making the best of my situation . ’ |
| 26 | I should not run home and stay here in fear , for my sister can not harm me . |
| 27 | You can not ask me to help you at one moment , and leave me out in the cold the next . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You can not ask me to go back there ! ’ |
| 29 | The shadow Leader of the House can not ask me to hear a point of order from the Front Bench when I am not prepared to hear them from those on the Back Benches . |
| 30 | It is true that I can not become you , you can not become me and Blake could not be Beethoven . |