Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marie gets all excited when she gets a good idea — suddenly she 's all full of energy and she ca n't sit still . |
| 2 | The weather ca n't be controlled and I hate sitting around waiting for it to clear up because I ca n't sit still for too long ! |
| 3 | I ca n't sit still . ’ |
| 4 | But it was true , what Jim said , in business you ca n't stand still , you go up or you go down , you ca n't just sit comfortably in your own 1972 executive four-bedroomed plate-glass-windowed centrally heated wall-to-wall-carpeted gadget-equipped house , with your Rover and your wife 's Mini in the two-car garage , and your pot plants in your loggia , and your electric lawn mower in the shed : you ca n't sit still and enjoy it , you ca n't call it a day and call a halt when you own it all and do n't owe anyone a penny , you have to go on and on , relentlessly onwards , juggling with larger and larger sums , owing more , paying out more , until finally perhaps the whole thing comes tumbling round your head like a pack of cards . |
| 5 | Joanne ca n't sit still long enough to feed her , but I love it . |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't sit still for long any more and I get bored quickly , ’ he says . |
| 7 | erm , well it just , it just , you know , with her , I mean , she ca n't sit still , I mean to have , I mean I , the last four Saturdays , admittedly I have n't been well , but I 've just been totally indoors sewing . |
| 8 | No because that chair is there she ca n't sit comfortable , hair dryer 's sitting behind . |
| 9 | You ca n't sit any money . |
| 10 | Because I ca n't I ca n't eat all that much |
| 11 | I ca n't eat all that . |
| 12 | ‘ We ca n't eat that , it 's loaded with calories , ’ I said . |
| 13 | Oh and I ca n't eat that bread and butter now . |
| 14 | cos it 's not worth , he ca n't eat that again . |
| 15 | I ca n't eat that , is it only vegetables ? |
| 16 | I 'm really hungry today but I ca n't eat that ! |
| 17 | I said I said , no , I ca n't eat that ! |
| 18 | Ca n't eat much anyway , your eyes , being , presence , hands , mouth , hair , You marvellous woman , you . |
| 19 | I ca n't eat much and this is why — |
| 20 | picking and my wife ca n't eat much in the way of apples |
| 21 | ‘ What d' you call this poncin' pap then ? ’ he raged , ‘ I ca n't eat this muck . ’ |
| 22 | I ca n't eat this meat ! |
| 23 | Mum , I ca n't eat this bit this bit up there . |
| 24 | Then she added : ‘ I ca n't eat any more . |
| 25 | Darius is struggling to finish his , and he 's smearing it round the bowl so it looks like he 's ate it , and I say I ca n't eat any more because I got to stay sober tonight . |
| 26 | It 's just that I — I ca n't eat any more , ’ she admitted while becoming aware of the misery growing within her and feeling perilously near tears . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've already told you , you idiot ; you ca n't eat any of that crap . ’ |
| 28 | Ca n't eat any more ! |
| 29 | I ca n't eat any more oh dear |
| 30 | I ca n't eat any more of that . |