Example sentences of "if i can [not/n't] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | How an I going to take any wickets at all if I can not float my deceptively slow left-armers out of the darkness of the trees at seven o'clock on a late September evening ? |
2 | Charles 's following ( populus ) then swore " in its own language , the lingua romana " : " If Louis keeps the oath which he swears to his brother Charles , and my lord Charles for his part does not keep his , if I can not make him refrain [ from that action ] , then neither I nor any other whom I can make refrain will give him any aid against Louis " . |
3 | ‘ At least I have given you your past even if I can not give you your future . |
4 | I am sorry if I can not fulfil your request on this point . |
5 | And if I can not rid myself of it I will just have to go into the service and begin to root out the cause . |
6 | If I can not persuade her to keep you on , I promise I shall arrange matters for you in some other way . ’ |
7 | Sometimes I feel as if I can nae stand it |
8 | ’ And if I can nae manage I 'll sing myself tae sleep in Central Station till the trains start rinnin' in the mornin' . ’ |