Example sentences of "that [pers pn] can [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One objection , however , is so obvious that I can not leave the matter there . |
| 2 | I now admit that I can not tell the difference — but to hell with it , the sauce is so good ! |
| 3 | I regret that I can not quote the Minister exactly , but I am sure that he will tell me if my paraphrase is inaccurate . |
| 4 | Before any fluttering expectations begin to arise in the minds or breasts — I do not mind which it is — of Opposition Members , I should say that I can not advise the House to write the two clauses into the Bill , because they deal , for example , with administrative matters such as a once-off requirement for a report to be made to Parliament — new clause 2 — and the keeping of a custody record — new clause 10 — that should not be set down in primary legislation . |
| 5 | First , an objector might try to press the fashionable distaste for the first-person perspective and say that the fact that I can not apply the theory to myself shows nothing except that one should not approach the philosophy of mind via the first person . |
| 6 | I will reaffirm that I can not condone the use of cannabis , nor for that matter daily watching more than 5 hours of TV . |
| 7 | Your letter makes so much sense that I can not understand the recommendations of so many manufacturers to regularly fully discharge NiCad batteries . |
| 8 | ‘ Only that I can not believe no man has yet asked you to marry him . ’ |
| 9 | I am afraid that I can not accept the reasoning which has led subsequent Divisional Courts to limit the ambit of that decision : Benson 's case , the Divisional Court in the present case , and Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Walsh , The Times , 18 December 1991 . |
| 10 | The instructions say that I can not enter the building after 11 o'clock this morning . |
| 11 | ‘ I am afraid that I can not venture an opinion as to the length of the weapon , until my examination , ’ he said , withdrawing the probe and wiping it on his apron . |
| 12 | But simply that I can not see a case |
| 13 | I am careful to have my desk angled towards the centre of the room so that I can not see the view from the window across the park towards the lake and the western curve of the South Downs . |
| 14 | Sometimes I have wondered myself , but have made so many friends and learnt so much that I can never regret the decision . |
| 15 | ‘ If it comes to that I can always use the excuse that Father needed me , ’ she answered calmly . |
| 16 | so that I can then confirm the booking . |
| 17 | She will cry and say that she can not leave the house with Angharad out on the hills alone , for anything might happen to her , anything . |
| 18 | The ever-cautious Margaret Beckett is no longer on the left by any definition but her own , but she knows that she can not win the votes of a majority of MPs , let alone constituency members , without reminding them of her leftwing roots . |
| 19 | Psyche , so lovely that she can not find a mortal husband , is condemned to be the bride of Death . |
| 20 | She has been told by the local hospital that she can not have an appointment until June 1993 . |
| 21 | A booster cushion raises a child up so that she can safely use an adult seat belt or a child harness . |
| 22 | Make it clear , too , that she can only have the toy if she gives one of hers in exchange . |
| 23 | This it is , but the miracle is not that Patricia Routledge can make the old weep with ‘ Roses of Picardy ’ , but that she can still move the young with it . |
| 24 | ‘ It wo n't get you anywhere , you know — ’ Melissa moved remarkably swiftly , blocking her path ‘ — hanging around Luke the way you do , finding excuses so that you can conveniently stay the weekend . |
| 25 | However , it is at the CID social functions which are sprinkled throughout the year ( especially at Christmas and any departmental promotion ) that you can clearly observe the CID style . |
| 26 | Start by loosening the skin of the breasts , and you will find that you can easily detach the thin membranes that join the flesh to the skin of the thighs . |
| 27 | They say that you can easily spot the tourists in the Big Apple — they are the people walking around gazing at the sky , at the tops of the skyscrapers . |
| 28 | The nut is the main offender ; it 's so ludicrously high that you can easily slide a matchstick between the top string and the first fret . |
| 29 | There is the er the other way of looking at this that you can either change the er sort of C O balance or you can give her some clerical time , because if she can identify clerical work I mean like Diane |
| 30 | Or perhaps you 've found that you can not make a square turn to the right like those you find so easy to the left . |