Example sentences of "[coord] can not [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must n't think every time you 're tired or ca n't sleep that it 's this thing starting up again . |
| 2 | He seems totally inflexible and unwilling to negotiate any variation of the arrangements proposed and ca n't appreciate that the banking needs of a parish council are not the same as those of a sweet shop ! |
| 3 | Anorexics are crying out inside and ca n't believe that no-one has noticed how thin they have become . ’ |
| 4 | The notion that they can be judged by Libyan law wherever they are , because they are Libyans by birth and can not alter that by acts of will , seems to underlie the government 's policies of clandestine homicide towards them . |
| 5 | Although a ‘ mature ’ lady , I am a supporter of ‘ save the terrace ’ and can not agree that seats are necessary — fans will stand up most of the time anyway , as we did last Sunday , and seats are more of a hazard when leaning over to see what is happening on the pitch . |
| 6 | Because I do not accept absolute predestination , however , and can not believe that we human beings are simply pawns in some giant chess game being played in the wide blue yonder , I think that it is the person within whom the spirit chooses to dwell who actually makes the right or wrong decisions . |
| 7 | The Bishop believes in evolution , but can not believe that natural selection is an adequate explanation for the course that evolution has taken ( partly because , like many others , he sadly misunderstands natural selection to be " random " and " meaningless ' ) . |