Example sentences of "we ca n't [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 We ca n't carry deadweights in our tribe . ’
2 We ca n't carry on in this bloody silly fashion . ’
3 ‘ We wo n't change our minds on closure but if the legislation means we ca n't carry that out there is nothing we can do about it . ’
4 I said that 's business I said and I 'm afraid we ca n't carry on like that .
5 But since we ca n't carry on with the experiment now we 've got to leave that till later on .
6 We ca n't explain it .
7 Just as " big-step reductionism " can not work as an explanation of mechanism , and must be replaced by a series of small step-by-step peelings down through the hierarchy , so we ca n't explain a complex thing as originating in a single step .
8 ‘ Unfortunately , Simon 's going to be touch-and-go again because he has hamstring trouble , but if Jonesy can work his magic again we ca n't rule him out .
9 A spokeswoman for the far-right Deutsche Volks- union said : ‘ We ca n't rule out demonstrations when she appears with Bonn government officials . ’
10 The fat one does n't go out much either but in principle we ca n't rule him out .
11 Oh they ( the TUC ) talk — they make rules and regulations ; we ca n't make any hunger strike , we ca n't make any demonstration , we ca n't make any mass picket , ca n't do anything .
12 Oh they ( the TUC ) talk — they make rules and regulations ; we ca n't make any hunger strike , we ca n't make any demonstration , we ca n't make any mass picket , ca n't do anything .
13 Oh they ( the TUC ) talk — they make rules and regulations ; we ca n't make any hunger strike , we ca n't make any demonstration , we ca n't make any mass picket , ca n't do anything .
14 He 'll be waiting at the station and we ca n't make it now .
15 ‘ Dagenham is going flat out , and we ca n't make enough diesel engines , ’ says Lawrence .
16 We ca n't make any more hours in the day , but careful planning can allow us to use this time-saving piece of equipment as efficiently as possible .
17 We ca n't make ourselves heard , " but he only laughed .
18 We ca n't make that observation directly , because our feelings of cold do n't enable us to discriminate temperatures that finely .
19 If we ca n't make the gospel of Jesus relevant to today , how can we lead other people to faith ?
20 We ca n't make things different there .
21 We ca n't make love here ; my dress could be ruined and someone might come in , ’ she said shyly .
22 RUC headquarters told Sunday Life last night : ‘ We ca n't make any comment . ’
23 We ca n't make a charge for advising on the availability of the information .
24 Oh , and by the way , I 'm sorry we ca n't make it tomorrow .
25 Its reliance on coal is defended by Bai Xianhong of the State Science and Technology Commission , who argued : " China must develop [ and ] we ca n't make it without energy .
26 The hypothesis that can explain bat navigation is a good candidate for explaining anything in the world of life , and if Paley 's explanation for any one of his examples was wrong we ca n't make it right by multiplying up examples .
27 But the consequence is , until he gets it , we ca n't make any fish , blood and bone .
28 We ca n't make this out at all .
29 Oh , a man 's pressed the button we ca n't make it in time .
30 I like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian , we 've been hearing and seeing and been challenged and accepting Christ as our saviour and over the week in Harlow a number made that response and not only in Harlow and in Earls Court but right across the country and into Europe and into Africa as well , through the , through the life link , men and women who have been challenged into accepting Jesus Christ as their saviour and I 'd like us to think for a little while this morning just what it means to be a Christian now obviously as we perhaps know er , and , and , and God work clearly shows to us that it is not in being religion , somebody well said that religion is man 's attempt to find God but the gospel is God 's method of seeking out and finding men and so just as the same as you 've seen that bridge of life illustration and we try with our planks to get across to God we ca n't make it ,
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