Example sentences of "i can [not/n't] [vb infin] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not think what came over me as I was brought up chapel like you but unfortunately my father was a miner and not a grocer . |
| 2 | I can not think what his poetry would be like . ’ |
| 3 | I can not think what the Riding , but not only the Riding , will be without him . |
| 4 | ‘ I can not think what 's come over Brian , ’ she said . |
| 5 | I can not express what a privilege it has been transcribing it and entering your very mind and spirit in the throes of creativity , as it were . |
| 6 | I can not tell what will come from this day 's work . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I can not associate what he said with the action of killing . |
| 8 | Frustrated I can not land what I want to do , and do n't want to settle for the wrong thing . |
| 9 | I have in my possession a letter from one of the RAF 's most revered names , a great wartime C-in-C and possibly one of the RAF 's foremost Chiefs-of-Air-Staff and , in peacetime , a dear friend of mine these many years , who said of the Bennett appointment : " I can not understand what Harris was thinking of making that airline fellow a Group Commander … " |
| 10 | I can not understand what pleasure they derive from it . ’ |
| 11 | I am her pupil , but I can not read what I have written , because the lights have just gone out and the glow of the electric fire has dwindled to nothingness . |
| 12 | I can not envisage what the circumstances will be in 20 years ' time . |
| 13 | ‘ I can not believe what has happened . |
| 14 | The developments that occurred : the extraordinary behaviour of certain sections of the press ; and the later career of the Duke of Windsor , provoked in me both short-term and long-term disillusionment ; but I do not intend to go into any further detail here , though I can not repudiate what I said . |
| 15 | I can not foretell what proposals it will contain , but without an effective ceasefire no one can be deployed . |
| 16 | I can not say what that last sentence signifies except that , as is apparent elsewhere in the book , Mr Nikiforuk dislikes rich people . |
| 17 | ‘ But I can not say what I am not . ’ |
| 18 | PAMELA : I can not say what you ought to do , but only beg you will not ruin me and if you think me virtuous let me go to my poor parents . |
| 19 | I can not say what it was in Heather that Dr Kingdom found so enthralling . |
| 20 | I can not say what I saw there . |
| 21 | At this stage , I can not say what the link will be , although I can say that it will be a dedicated , high-quality link . |
| 22 | ‘ I can not say what he actually said because it was so bad , and it went on for so long . |
| 23 | Personally I can not see what all the fuss has been about . ’ |
| 24 | But I can not see what I would do with a home computer , one of which I am continually being urged to buy by manufacturers and retailers and by drops in prices of the things that are as near as a toucher opening up my cheque book . |
| 25 | I can not see what 's wrong with it . |
| 26 | Frankly I can not see what is enigmatic about a caption or about defining one 's practice . |
| 27 | I can not see what will happen in the future at the moment . ’ |
| 28 | I can not remember what I was expecting exactly , but I found this slightly disappointing . |
| 29 | I think I caught her on the hop , for she was wearing trousers and sandals and … no , I can not remember what else … . |
| 30 | Again , I can not remember what we had to eat , though we had tried to obtain a suitable cheese ; but it was during the meal that Eliot uttered one of the most Eliotic of his remarks . |