Example sentences of "ca not [verb] [conj] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Which I ca n't eat while you 're still upset . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't eat when I 'm with you , ’ she told Meredith . |
| 3 | You forget to eat , and you think it does n't matter , and I ca n't eat when you 're around . |
| 4 | " We ca n't talk while he 's around . " |
| 5 | She said you ca n't talk when it 's on . |
| 6 | But we ca n't start until he 's s he 's sitting . |
| 7 | ( You ca n't fail when you 're handing over a cheque for £50,000 . ) |
| 8 | A submarine ca n't transmit when it 's underwater . |
| 9 | You 'll spend the first couple of hours with ‘ Power Missy ’ trying to work out whether it 's a tease or a threat and then , just when you decide you really ca n't decide whether they 're all Polly Harvey bolshie or Sundays pliant , it may dawn on you that ‘ PM ’ is , in fact , f—ing scary , like playing S&M games with a dangerous schizophrenic . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't say anything to Philippe because it was so inconclusive , ’ she finished , ‘ and I still ca n't decide whether it 's worth taking them to the police . ’ |
| 11 | And I ca n't decide whether it 's , you 're A types and you go into construction , or you 're in construction and it makes you into A types . |
| 12 | You ca n't decide whether he was a crusader or a self-publicist . |
| 13 | At , at the back of the Three Crowns where that is now , I do n't know whether if it was a bomb meant for the airport , I ca n't think that it was though it was a bit far away for that . |
| 14 | It was n't , I ca n't think whether it was foggy or not first thing , it was a little bit . |
| 15 | She says she ca n't think when I 'm around . |
| 16 | Critical illness , you 've got carry on paying the premiums , with no lump sum paid on living assur , er , on life assurance , the living expenses are likely to increase , because you may have er , somebody who 's disabled , paralysed or whatever , there 's no chance of the widow returning to work because she 's looking after person who 's er , ill , and obviously she ca n't remarry because she 's not widowed at this point . |
| 17 | I believe there 's nothing a man ca n't do once he 's made up his mind . |
| 18 | Well I ca n't do that I 'm afraid |
| 19 | I ca n't move as it is , ’ he snorted , pointing to three full shopping bags between his legs . |
| 20 | There are one or two feeding problems with the infant , and I ca n't delegate until they 're ironed out . ’ |
| 21 | She gets these pangs where she ca n't cope when she 's on her own . |
| 22 | I struggled to get him into bed and he started to do deep breathing exercises , which he knows I ca n't stand when I 'm trying to get to sleep . |
| 23 | ‘ I hate abstract paintings — you ca n't tell whether they 're disgusting or not ’ |
| 24 | But with a lamp out well we ca n't tell whether they 're no-gooders , neighbours or what . |
| 25 | Well some of it , you ca n't tell whether it 's dust or it 's the colouring . |
| 26 | Well mister you ca n't tell whether you 're married or not so the feminist version is ms . |
| 27 | Well , you ca n't tell that I 'm Irish but I can tell you 're Irish . |
| 28 | You ca n't tell if he 's bad or not . |
| 29 | ‘ Ca n't tell till he 's on a racecourse . ’ |
| 30 | Never have a spoken signal ; you ca n't speak when you are being throttled and , by the time that your partner has realized that you are in difficulty , it may be too late to revive you . |