Example sentences of "[pron] can n't [adv] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , now I have listened to their first Phonogram-fuelled '60s Baggle Taggle on vinyl , I discover that I ca n't even be arsed to find out where they live . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't always be looking after all your property . ’ |
| 3 | And if you think I 'm going to bail Sleet out with the money Francis left me when you ca n't even be bothered to learn the most basic elements of running an estate then you 're mistaken . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You ca n't possibly be suggesting Father intimidates her , ’ Guy said . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's obvious to me , since you ca n't possibly be paying all the mortgage on your flat without help , that my cousin must be paying something towards it . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah you ca n't really be listening to what I 'm saying cos you cos I have n't finished yet . |
| 7 | Now this is very common you do n't know what you 're working with so you ca n't really be expected even if you get the answer if |
| 8 | With that , the situation transcends the initial paradigmatic form or structure of coercion ; for if people do n't mind doing what you want them to do , you ca n't really be making them do it . |
| 9 | As a lawyer , he had learnt that the safest course was inactivity ; if you do n't do things , you ca n't usually be blamed for them . |
| 10 | Erm , well , I assume you mean out of recent Leeds United players ( you ca n't seriously be comparing him with the real greats of football can you ? ) . he could certainly hit it , and sometimes goal-bound ( and quite often into the wall or behind for a goal kick ) . |
| 11 | You ca n't seriously be suggesting that I … that I should become his mistress if he were to … to want me as such ? ’ |
| 12 | Surely you ca n't still be bothered about Adam 's ridiculous gibe about you being brash and brassy ? ’ |
| 13 | She ca n't still be curling her hair . |
| 14 | She ca n't possibly be attempting a perfect copy … ’ |
| 15 | And said why 'll well why 'd you 'd b dogmatic about it , I said we ca n't never be solve it . |
| 16 | ‘ But when companies are laying off workers , they ca n't then be seen to donate money to charity . |
| 17 | ‘ They ca n't now be heard to say , ‘ Boo hoo I want to get out of it now ’ , ’ said Mr Prescott . |
| 18 | Still , they ca n't always be chanting and dancing . |
| 19 | because of a girl , I really think he 's loyal in that way , in that sense , because they are very close they have a laugh and I know when we 're with them they 're always like seem to be impressing everyone but I 'm sure when they 're together they have like , you know , human conversations , they must do , they ca n't always be talking about screwing and you know , which girls have got big tits and all that |
| 20 | There are always accusations of piracy and copy-catting , though they ca n't usually be substantiated . |
| 21 | give tutorial credence it ca n't just be assumed you can take them out of tutorial and it has stopped tremendously . |
| 22 | However it ca n't just be bolted on to the tractor , and Mr Tomlinson had to spend further hours in the workshop matching it to the tractor 's backend and getting the gearing right . |
| 23 | It ca n't even be given away , so it ends up being stored at enormous expense on even more land . |
| 24 | If they are not reasonably constant , then not only is the model er a poor one , right , within sample but it ca n't really be used for out of sample predictions , because although on average er our coefficient that we estimate it might be nought point five , then the out of sample could well be minus six or something like that . |
| 25 | ‘ He ca n't still be praying , ’ Southgate insisted . |