Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because proceedings are now pending , I obviously can not comment any further . ’ |
| 2 | I obviously can not give that guarantee . |
| 3 | I obviously can not swear allegiance to the principles of equal opportunities then justify the exclusion of some students purely because of the severity of their disability . |
| 4 | There must be quite a number of readers who have had Uxbridge Cottage Pie at some time — and I obviously can not tell how the 1991 version compared with earlier versions — but I can say that I enjoyed this particular dish and that the taste and texture were very good . |
| 5 | And so you go back and you say to your brother I just can not give this , it 's impossible you see , well should we be like that ? |
| 6 | I have been in rescue for 15 years , but I just can not explain that feeling . ’ |
| 7 | It 's such an unpleasant job and I just can not cope with it . |
| 8 | She said I ca n't cope no more , she said I just can not cope any longer and I said you must n't feel like that I said you 'll break all our hearts , I said it 's , life will never be the same again , I said come on home with me , forget about this day , I said tomorrow we 'll come and pick your birds up cos she 's got two beautiful parrots , she 's got a Mulican white with peach |
| 9 | Then he dropped his bombshell — it was only available in injectable form and I just can not stand needles . ’ |
| 10 | I just can not stand lack of consideration for others : shown by people who park their cars so close that you have to slide in sideways — cleaning both cars with your clothes as you squeeze through the 2in space left for opening the door . |
| 11 | So she said I 'm sorry , so I got the next nearest , I just can not waste any more time . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's a very rare model , but while I ca n't get fired up to restoring it at the moment , I just can not bring myself to sell it , ’ is Gordon 's dilemma . |
| 13 | We 'd just have no I just can not think of it . |
| 14 | Now in terms of whether it should be five thousand plus , that of course is a matter of whether there is demand , now my my conclusion , from my fairly extensive knowledge of Greater York , is that you just could not fit a new settlement that size satisfactorily into the settlement and landscape pattern of Greater York , or its immediate surrounds , I just can not identify a location where that could be where where the roads , the public transport , the landscape , or indeed the agricultural land quality , from now onto five an area , suitably large for that type of what would be a a new town . |
| 15 | He has been trying for three years and he said today : ‘ Maybe it is because , God knows , I 've had some leg problems and I just can not climb those steps that easily , ’ he joked . |
| 16 | Mr Chairman , I , would like to slightly and trying not to be parochial , but having looked at the erm , figures , I , I just can not believe that those are honest figures , I mean there are eleven hundred and sixty nine people unemployed in Craven Arms or something like that , and they 've lost over a thousand jobs over the last few years , and erm , very few of those have been replaced . |
| 17 | I just can not believe it . |
| 18 | Well it 's a case , I 've got to get rid of that thing cos I can not just I just can not afford fifteen quid a day petrol ! |
| 19 | ‘ And I just can not concentrate with people fussing around me . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I would have loved to have been there but I just can not get around now . |
| 21 | I just can not understand it . ’ |
| 22 | Does anybody know who 's got the spare key to the back door , I just can not understand why people ca n't put it back where it belongs … |
| 23 | ‘ That 's something I just can not understand . |
| 24 | But it 's still at your , if it was going to another sector I could understand that attitude , but when it is being , it 's still within Intercity , I just can not understand that that is the attitude we take . |
| 25 | I just can not understand why he has kept his job . |
| 26 | He continues : ‘ I just can not understand a soldier , whether he is a Croat , a Muslim or a Serb , standing there with a flame thrower and burning five children alive . |
| 27 | I buy everything from him but I 've got to buy another tumble dryer erm I 've been drying clothes off in the house and the three men and all them well two of them wearing work wear jeans and the next one that comes in will be wearing jeans , it 's no go I just can not dry stuff off in the house , I 've just got to have a tumble . |
| 28 | I just can not work with this man . ’ |
| 29 | This led to another form of coaching , I just can not remember how my interest in tennis arose , save that I used to practice for hours against an airman 's table top fixed to the netting of an old tennis court . |
| 30 | I just can not have her today as well ! |