Example sentences of "a [noun] you ca " in BNC.
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| 1 | No you you do n't have to rub out the line you can just draw another one as if it 's coming out from a bit you ca n't see . |
| 2 | It 's the absence of presence , nothing more … the endless time of never coming back … a gap you ca n't see , and when the wind blows through it , it makes no sound … |
| 3 | Most good modern furniture is expensive and if you have set your heart on a piece you ca n't afford it is better to improvise for the moment . |
| 4 | What a pity you ca n't feel your age , she thought . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's a pity you ca n't pull strings , ’ Anne said . |
| 6 | It 's a pity you ca n't manage the return trip by yourself , but it would be too much for a woman alone . |
| 7 | ‘ And it 's also a pity you ca n't be a little more reasonable . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a pity you ca n't find work away from that place , Tom , ’ said Dolly , shaking her head in concern . |
| 9 | ‘ It was kind of you to try to help , and a pity you ca n't help us further . |
| 10 | It 's a pity you ca n't see hand signals on this thing . |
| 11 | Well I 'm just saying , see th it 's a shame you ca n't get something you know to prop up , to , like an L-shaped piece of wood . |
| 12 | And then when you all of a sudden you ca n't do it because there 's another . |
| 13 | Priced at only £29.95 , it 's a gift you ca n't afford to miss . |
| 14 | Mum said how about renting one in Wisbech but I said well if she ca n't afford a mortgage you ca n't afford to rent one . |
| 15 | Oh well you 've got a visitor you ca n't can you ? |
| 16 | If you do n't make a will you ca n't leave a gift to charity . |
| 17 | What 's the point of using a drive you ca n't depend on ? |
| 18 | If you 're low level in a valley you ca n't go back and do it again |
| 19 | You 've got 1,800 people in a theatre you ca n't just let go to your grief , you learn to cut yourself off . |
| 20 | The day proved awkward from the beginning , like a knife you ca n't pick up without cutting yourself . |
| 21 | Of course , in a book you ca n't handle them , and you ca n't handle them when the subject is dead . |
| 22 | Now your fashion is a thing you ca n't put your finger on really is n't it ? |
| 23 | The doctors have a word for that misery ; they call it anhedonia , which only means an inability to feel enjoyment , and that 's what it is , but it feels like hell , like true hell , and it 's a hell you ca n't even escape from in sleep because overdosing on cocaine gives you chronic insomnia . ’ |
| 24 | Although you might have driven a long way to get there , do n't put yourself into a situation you ca n't handle . |
| 25 | Next , before you find yourself in a situation you ca n't control you need to know about contraception and safe sex . |
| 26 | I 'll have a look , but I 've had him doing actual words , like first words er , you know erm , Ben and large and in and out and just the , the easy words and Luke and his own name , so he is already got the idea that when you write a letter you ca n't just write any letter , you 've got to make letters say something either as erm , as an alphabet or in the form of words , so of course she says to , would you all like to write me a sentence , well he 's already passed that stage , he thinks himself well I ca n't write a sentence , what he knows as a sentence consists of words that make sense , so they 're all sitting there going a N , N , N , Q , R , S , N , T , T , and they 're saying a sentence like I went to the shops with my nanny , well Alex has already passed that stage , he knows that that is n't sensible , so he must of turned to her and he said , I ca n't write like that , my mummy will shout at me |
| 27 | I mean they 're paying for us to go for a meal you ca n't go dressed like |
| 28 | you feel you can it might be a good strategy , if there 's a risk you ca n't it might not be . |
| 29 | The poor do n't possess The Paupers Cook Book or Good Food on a Budget or magazine pull-outs of cheap casseroles — for a start , a " pauper 's " cuisine is always more expensive than beans on toast and if you 're a pauper you ca n't buy books and magazines anyhow . |
| 30 | Yes you can , but without an engine you ca n't always be sure of getting home again . |