Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a scientist I can not believe it — but I saw it happen with my own eyes . |
| 2 | She supplies the book 's hasty conclusion after the death at Lydiard Constantine of Philip — a partial picture of one side of the Battersea Grammar School Edward : At this point the people of Abercorran House — even Jessie and Aurelius- and the dogs that stretched out in death like blessedness under the sun , and the pigeons that courted and were courted in the yard and on the roof , all suddenly retreat from me when I come to that Spring in memory ; a haze of ghostly , shimmering silver veils them ; without Philip they are as people in a story whose existence I can not prove . |
| 3 | ‘ In the 22 years I have sat on the North Eastern Co-op 's board I can not recall a year in which so many negative factors have combined . |
| 4 | But in any case I can not marry your son . |
| 5 | As a Christian I can not accept any teaching that suggests that there is any kind of spirit in plant life . |
| 6 | In my heart I can not accept it . ’ |
| 7 | In my heart I can not put down what happened to our family that day to anything else . |
| 8 | I hate the smell of cigarettes since I 've packed in smoking I can not stand it |
| 9 | But of course I can not leave such a place open to — anyone . ’ |
| 10 | Of course I can not sleep , and my body is feverish with tremors and the shrieking of women 's names . |
| 11 | I say you might — because of course I can not speak with any certainty upon that point — as you might wish to be granted . |
| 12 | We have of course made it clear that those techs who were piloting er the out of school childcare initiative er will continue er to be funded er along with all other techs from ninety four , five and although of course I can not preempt the tech 's judgement and take a view on that particular scheme , er I can say that funding will continue for techs for that purpose . |
| 13 | Disappointingly , the policemen took no notice of the blood , but drove off in the direction the robbers had taken , with what result I can not say . |
| 14 | In all my years at the club I can not remember such a sensational line up of prizes as are on offer here . |
| 15 | From this pilot study I can not say yes or no , but what I can say is that this pilot study suggests that it will |
| 16 | If one regards the benefit in this light I can not see that the cost incurred in , or in connection with , the provision of the benefit , can properly be held to include the cost incurred , in any event , in providing education to fee paying pupils at the school who were there as a right in return for the fees paid in respect of them . |
| 17 | Somehow we then got on to the theme of French poetry , and Eliot expressed surprise at one of Herbert Read 's recent pronouncements on Laforgue and another nineteenth-century poet I can not recall and about whom at the time I knew too little to be able to arrive at an opinion . |
| 18 | There is another source of light between these walls , a light which can not flicker and die like that from the misshapen lump of white wax dripping into the saucer on my table . |
| 19 | The reaction within the industry has been almost totally favourable — an irony which can not have escaped Altman , who gave wry smile as he received a standing ovation at Cannes this year and the prize for Best Director . |
| 20 | Ruling groups have found that their interests are best safeguarded if they are supported by a work force which can not think for itself in the coherent way writing affords . |
| 21 | Advocacy projects are beginning to emerge , with young-old people often acting as advocates for people with illnesses like dementia or stroke who can not articulate their needs . |
| 22 | How will you forfeit your innocence if you are obliged to yield to a force you can not withstand ? |
| 23 | Whatever the result you can not fire the cannon this turn when it MISFIRES . |
| 24 | The Common Cause , reporting a case of the wrongful arrest of a woman for alleged prostitution , commented that the suspect was ‘ taken to a man 's court , tried and sentenced by men under men 's laws for a fault she can not commit alone ’ . |
| 25 | Any lawyer who can not find a book will be able to look at the card and see who has taken it . |
| 26 | However , as a general rule you can not go wrong with the basic colours , and if you are in any doubt do n't try to use a complicated mix of colours and textures . |
| 27 | Think of the actor suffering from stage-fright who can not remember his first line . |
| 28 | With your foot in that condition you can not go very far . |
| 29 | Until we have such a conception we can not describe the original sensation to ourselves ; it is just a useless this , for the concept of the sensation has no content until the rules have been set up . |
| 30 | We found no evidence to support previous suggestions of an excess of cancer in men treated with atenolol , but in an observational study we can not discount the possibility of confounding factors . |