Example sentences of "i can not [vb infin] [Wh det] " in BNC.

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1 Certainly I can not deduce which goals to pursue from the facts to be faced ; but will it not be a causally necessary condition of obeying ‘ Face facts ’ that I let myself be moved , at least incipiently , in the direction in which the facing of the facts would cause me to move ?
2 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 .
3 I can not think what his poetry would be like . ’
4 I can not think what the Riding , but not only the Riding , will be without him .
5 I can not think what 's come over Brian , ’ she said .
6 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 .
7 I can not tell what will come from this day 's work . ’
8 Up to now , British Telecom , sometimes attacked , sometimes praised in this magazine , has kept a dignified , appreciative , affronted , hurt or tactical silence , I can not tell which .
9 I can not associate what he said with the action of killing .
10 Frustrated I can not land what I want to do , and do n't want to settle for the wrong thing .
11 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 … "
12 I can not understand what pleasure they derive from it . ’
13 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 .
14 I can not envisage what the circumstances will be in 20 years ' time .
15 I can not believe what has happened .
16 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 .
17 I can not foretell what proposals it will contain , but without an effective ceasefire no one can be deployed .
18 I can not say what that last sentence signifies except that , as is apparent elsewhere in the book , Mr Nikiforuk dislikes rich people .
19 ‘ But I can not say what I am not . ’
20 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 .
21 I can not say what it was in Heather that Dr Kingdom found so enthralling .
22 I can not say what I saw there .
23 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 .
24 I can not say what he actually said because it was so bad , and it went on for so long .
25 Personally I can not see what all the fuss has been about . ’
26 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 .
27 I can not see what 's wrong with it .
28 Frankly I can not see what is enigmatic about a caption or about defining one 's practice .
29 I can not see what will happen in the future at the moment . ’
30 I can not remember what I was expecting exactly , but I found this slightly disappointing .
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