Example sentences of "and [pers pn] ca [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I ca n't watch football any more because of the way white fans shout racist insults at the black players . |
| 2 | ‘ Look , ’ the superintendent said , ‘ I only just came on and I ca n't make head nor tail of this . |
| 3 | Well usually cos I got my feet up on a bench and I ca n't reach keyboard so |
| 4 | That would certainly cost money , and I ca n't see Father spending any on you in that way . |
| 5 | Even now I 'll go back and I ca n't play note for note what I played then ; I can get the general feel of it but I can never go back and hit it note for note . |
| 6 | Even now I 'll go back and I ca n't play note for note what I played then ; I can get the general feel of it but I can never go back and hit it note for note |
| 7 | And you ca n't stop science from helping us to make a better job of things . |
| 8 | And you ca n't get hold of any of them . |
| 9 | And you ca n't get compensation for that . |
| 10 | You do n't have anywhere to wash your clothes or even yourself sometimes , so you 're dirty and your clothes are dirty and you 're not eating properly so you 're more liable to illness and this sort of thing , so that you 're not likely to keep a job even if you get it , and you ca n't get accommodation without a deposit , and so you need several hundred pounds in order to get accommodation . |
| 11 | And you ca n't hurry patience . |
| 12 | You have n't got political democracy and you ca n't have democracy er er er as long as er some people have the control of other other people . |
| 13 | You say she 's got no friends or contacts here so she ca n't get work , and she ca n't get money — sooner or later , she 's going to surface . ’ |
| 14 | But it might just be that we ca n't have both and we ca n't ensure that people vote from the right from moral motivation rather than personal interest and we ca n't ensure vote |
| 15 | How a little sort of warning flag that pops up in your mind to say , this may actually be largely fiction and we ca n't control migration anyway . |
| 16 | ’ We ca n't attend their committee meetings which is where all the real decisions are made , and we ca n't get information about what goes on in a committee meeting . |
| 17 | ‘ We ca n't use paintings full of busy detail , or delicate etchings and watercolours ; we also try to avoid lots of open blank space , because it invites graffiti ; and we ca n't have nudity or bad taste . |
| 18 | His age is against him and her ca n't get work in his previous field . |
| 19 | Overall assessment : Fair do's , Peter gets a bit garbled and he ca n't handle telly but he 's a thoroughly decent and honest chap . |
| 20 | And he ca n't imagine weakness . |
| 21 | And it ca n't replace knowledge . |