Example sentences of "and can [not/n't] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Opposition do not say where they stand , can not say where they stand and can not admit to the jobs that would be lost if their policy were carried out . |
| 2 | People expect risks they did not ask for and can not control to be much lower -by 10 or 100 times — than those which they run willingly . |
| 3 | I am told there are two sisters who dwell under one roof , and can not speak to one another , for the one is a Free Churcher and the other is a Baptist ; and that one gave to the other cause of great offence , having put cream in the tea of the other when such kind office was not desired . |
| 4 | If you are ill and can not go to work , you must let your manager know as soon as possible . |
| 5 | The FDA can not tell American surgeons what they can and can not do to their customers . |
| 6 | The Americans do not want to play the world 's policeman on their own , and can not afford to . |
| 7 | An example of this in the classical theory of general relativity is provided by a black hole , which is a region of space-time in which the gravitational field is so strong that any light or other signal is dragged back into the region and can not escape to the outside world . |
| 8 | Some absorb the gas quickly , whereas others circulate it slowly and can not respond to floods of bright light . |
| 9 | The fronting and raising rule in Belfast vernacular is virtually confined to velar environments and can not apply to such words as bad , hand , stab ( which are front in RP ) . |