Example sentences of "[adj] ca not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ca n't be good for him , thought Denis , and he remembered the story he had read of an old man in England , although younger than Uncle Mick was now , who lined up to receive the very first old age pension ever issued in England and dropped down dead as soon as his money was passed over the counter to him . |
| 2 | Surely this ca n't be quite right — |
| 3 | Backing comes from Lou Levy ( piano ) , the excellent Herb Ellis ( electric guitar ) , Wilfred Middlebrooks ( bass ) and Gus Johnson ( drums ) , although Oscar Peterson , Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen ( the Peterson trio for many ) take a guest spot on This ca n't be love . |
| 4 | Misty , Mack the Knife , Anything Goes , Round Midnight , This ca n't be Love . |
| 5 | And this ca n't be a very digestible cigar , because it was only four-pence . ’ |
| 6 | This ca n't be happening to me , Kate would never get herself into this sort of situation . |
| 7 | ‘ Hang on , ’ said Masklin , ‘ this ca n't be right . |
| 8 | This ca n't be Los Angeles . |
| 9 | Of course this ca n't be a first choice for Lohengrin , but those who have any interest in the history of the opera 's performance will find it a consistently absorbing experience . |
| 10 | Helen is looking forward to the day when Jenny can also be treated but this ca n't be done until she stops growing . |
| 11 | And he knows this ca n't be worked . |
| 12 | ‘ If what he says is true , this ca n't be residual weather effects . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ This ca n't be real . |
| 14 | ‘ John , this ca n't be right . |
| 15 | ‘ This ca n't be the way . ’ |
| 16 | Surely this ca n't be right . ’ |
| 17 | Now Freud says if this myth , this ca n't be the original myth because the original myth has as Andrea pointed out to us very clearly in her paper is the family romance bit that a lot of people or most people have . |
| 18 | THIS CA N'T BE TRUE . |
| 19 | ‘ This ca n't be happening , ’ Travis declared gruffly . |
| 20 | He says that the NHS system in this country means results from treatment on patients can be passed onto drug companies — whereas in America the private patient system means this ca n't be done so easily . |
| 21 | There 's this bloke his well a chum of his actually got his statement and said this ca n't be blinking right ! |
| 22 | The first time , right , I thought this ca n't be house of . |
| 23 | But this ca n't be seen — it is n't obvious — a child can become the subject of ridicule and for a sensitive and intelligent child this can be sheer hell . |
| 24 | So yes , it 's one to forty ca n't be one to forty five because you have n't had tea well if you had tea you could say you were fortified |
| 25 | If these ca n't be cured by lying down , take a paracetamol . |
| 26 | ‘ But these ca n't be the only versions ? ’ |
| 27 | do you like one of these ca n't be making biscuits |
| 28 | Oh yeah what these ca n't be bothered |
| 29 | Before , before you go on , you say that the twenty thousand ca n't be rep replicated in income registration column , does that show , how would show in here then ? |
| 30 | Well we all ca n't be born with brains can we ? |