Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [adv] [verb] [Wh adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can well remember , I can well remember when our children , when our children were quite young , and er we had such a couple staying with us . |
| 2 | I can well imagine how he must have looked that day , framed by the doorway of the vehicle , his dark , severe presence quite blotting out the effect of the gentle Hertfordshire scenery behind him . |
| 3 | ‘ And I can also see why you 're regarded as a holy terror in the commodity-broking world . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I can not think why anyone would want to do this to me , ’ she said . |
| 5 | I can not tell when I am asleep |
| 6 | Since there are no trajectories to follow I can not tell when I next see an electron whether it is the one I called A or the one I called B or some other one altogether . |
| 7 | I can not explain how it feels they may not be human , but they are flesh and blood . ’ |
| 8 | I can not know how she feels about that experience , but I think it must have been reassuring rather than distressing . |
| 9 | ‘ I can not understand why we were not informed . ’ |
| 10 | I can not understand why we were issued with a single piece of plastic in the first place , unless it was to save you money , since there was certainly no reduction for us . |
| 11 | ‘ I can well understand the feelings of the minority , but I can not understand why they 're offended , ’ said Mr Sliudikas , another district secretary in the capital . |
| 12 | She never could have done in Europe what she did in New York ; I can not think of an artist who points up this issue more clearly and I can not understand why she of all people was left out of the show . |
| 13 | ‘ I can not understand why there was any controversy . |
| 14 | I can not understand why he should complain : he had the BBC on his side . |
| 15 | I therefore have some sympathy with the New Ager , but I can not understand why he is in such a hurry to rebuild his world on foundational beliefs which have already crippled millions upon millions of fellow human beings . |
| 16 | I am a fan and I can not understand why he does n't sell in the David Lodge league , for he well worth recommending . |
| 17 | I can not understand why he referred to poor growth performance in the 1980s unless he thinks that it is poor to have grown faster than France and Germany . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not bitter though I can not understand why I 'm not rated in the top 50 in the world . |
| 19 | It seems all so mysterious — I can not understand why you have heard nothing … |
| 20 | One problem that occupied him was trying to dissuade Hanns from joining the army : ‘ Do n't do anything so foolish … it seems a hopelessly idiotic and pointless idea , and I can not understand why you want to do this ? ’ |
| 21 | He introduced the Deer Act and spoke seventy-seven times during the Wildlife and Countryside Bill ( ‘ I can not understand why anyone should want to shoot a curlew . |
| 22 | I can not understand why our pigs were criticized for being too fat because the meat was so sweet and tender , almost like chicken . |
| 23 | Mr Rutter added : ‘ I can not understand why anybody would burgle The Redoubt because ever since our last burglary there has not been anything of value kept here . ’ |
| 24 | I can not understand where her weakness comes from . |
| 25 | I can not understand how you , who appreciate so much Russian writers of the Nineteenth Century , can combine this appreciation with a complete ignorance of the obshchestvennoe dvizhenie ( liberal movement ) that started in the time of Alexander I , was conspicuously present throughout the century ( despite absolutism ) , and was deliberately played down by the Leninists and Trotskyists for propaganda reasons . |
| 26 | I can not believe how anyone could say that . |
| 27 | Owner Karen Alexander said at her home in Middlewood Road , Sheffield , South Yorkshire : ‘ I can not describe how I feel about the people who have done this . |
| 28 | With this particular letter I can not say why he chose not to , but he receives so many letters that he can not physically respond to all of them . ’ |
| 29 | With this particular letter I can not say why he chose not to , but he receives so many letters that he can not physically respond to all of them . ’ |
| 30 | I can not say why I suddenly became so curious about him . |