Example sentences of "[not/n't] can [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | If not can we move on to six which er in Mr 's shorthand is area likely to meet Greater York needs . |
2 | If not can we accept the recommendation of read out four one etcetera , all agreed ? |
3 | Yeah , something stupid , and they knocked on the door , do you know what I mean , the most kids it 's like , it 's hiya Matthew , hi aunty , they knock on the door , I want to play with Hannah , I want to play with Matthew , Mat has , Mat has got to go out and play with them , and it 's my Milky Bar you ca n't not can I have one of your sweets Mat , my mother said I , I can have one of those sweets . |
4 | Yes , can you not can you not have |
5 | Yeah over that I mean sometimes you want to sit quiet and you can not can you ? |
6 | Not all the time you ca n't can ya ? |
7 | You ca n't can ya ? |
8 | yeah , well I mean I can cook you a , a meal on it , but if you ca n't , you ca n't can ya ? |
9 | Well no you see you ca n't can ya ? |
10 | But they ca n't can they ? |
11 | Well they ca n't can they ? |
12 | Could n't go in , we ca n't can we , after . |
13 | Well what he wanted , he wanted a minibus from there to there and there well we ca n't can we ? |
14 | You could have white faces , I ca n't can I ? |
15 | Ca n't ca n't can I ? |
16 | Ca n't can I go on me own |
17 | I ca n't can I ? |
18 | I ca n't can I , I 'm waiting for a phone |
19 | In fact , in this present market , the question is n't can you afford to install gas central heating . |
20 | Oh , no , you ca n't can you ? ’ |
21 | Right , yes , it is important you see is n't it ? , because one of things that happens also I think is , is that we tend to see a motorway and we tend to see a call one side it , and a call the other side , and work on the assumption that we can actually get across the motorway there , or under the motorway there , but sometimes you ca n't can you ? |
22 | You ca n't can you ? |
23 | You ca n't can you because there 's only two there |
24 | My wife 's father er he said to me , cos he was , he worked hard you know , he had a tough life you know up in London and all that as , as a kid and that and he said to me what you want to do , enjoy everyday that you live , I said yeah , oh I said oh but you ca n't can you ? , he said yes you can . |
25 | Oh well you 've got a visitor you ca n't can you ? |
26 | You ca n't can you ? |
27 | Mm , and you ca n't can you . |
28 | Oh yes , they 've got them all written down Well you ca n't can you |