Example sentences of "and [pers pn] can not understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | One problem that occupied him was trying to dissuade Hanns from joining the army : ‘ Do n't do anything so foolish … it seems a hopelessly idiotic and pointless idea , and I can not understand why you want to do this ? ’ |
| 2 | I saw you last night , though you chose not to see me , and I can not understand your casual attitude to life . |
| 3 | Team manager John Louis said last night , ‘ Miroslaw has all the status of a world star and I can not understand why the request was refused . |
| 4 | She never could have done in Europe what she did in New York ; I can not think of an artist who points up this issue more clearly and I can not understand why she of all people was left out of the show . |
| 5 | I am a fan and I can not understand why he does n't sell in the David Lodge league , for he well worth recommending . |
| 6 | By law she is not allowed to smack the children and I can not understand , sometimes how she manages to stop herself when brand new wallpaper has been pulled off the wall and a clean coat of paint has been drawn on . |
| 7 | But it , is n't it an awful situation when you , when you , when you look at it that evidence indicates that the erm the number of people that are either now elderly infirm or sick and and clearly that they all will have to face this , this , this terrible burden and I can not understand because there is , this , there is , there is er a total disarray within the Conservative party , that all their er er back bench er MP s are making representations to their erm their leader who possibly may not be a leader tomorrow but as long as he 's the leader today , John Major that he should do a rethink and here they are er you know , members of the same party , continuing to support something which is so idiosyncratic that you know it 's really beyond belief , er Chairman . |
| 8 | So , when a movement is taught to you and you can not understand the meaning behind it , do it as directed , practising it a thousand times if necessary . |
| 9 | You can be quite fluent in a language , and yet , something you say is not understood , and you can not understand why . |
| 10 | ‘ This world is a hard place , children , and we can not understand everything that God does . |
| 11 | And he can not understand the way the education system in Britain , once admired across the world , has been allowed to rot . |