Example sentences of "ca n't [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't sit for much longer than an hour . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't sit through a whole film without a cigarette . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't sit on my rear for long , hanging round this ancient hotel . |
| 4 | I ca n't sit on seat . |
| 5 | We ca n't sit on the stage cos there 's crap raggers on the stage . |
| 6 | you , you ca n't sit on the bed |
| 7 | I ca n't sit under there . |
| 8 | She s a bit dodgy on her feet and I 'm a bit nervous about her , but she 's got to the stage now when she ca n't sit in all day without exercise . |
| 9 | I 'll know when I ca n't sit in the blasted saddle . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ No , ’ she said , ‘ I ca n't sit in the kitchen . |
| 11 | But I ca n't sit in the car very long . |
| 12 | I ca n't draw in other people 's styles , and I turned out particularly inane Mickey Mice . |
| 13 | Alas , we ca n't draw in nine dimensions . |
| 14 | Despite his efforts to tear into his food with Latin gusto , or the slicked-down hair above the urban American face , he simply ca n't appear to be a native of a provincial Italian town . ‘ |
| 15 | ‘ Look , ’ Donaldson told him outside , ‘ I 'm not being deliberately awkward , but you ca n't appear from nowhere and expect me to go along with you without an explanation . ’ |
| 16 | Yet given what we have learned about links between the security services and the Loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland , and the deep suspicion about surrogate murders , you ca n't shrug off the shiver Conlon 's words bring . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ he says , ‘ but you ca n't kick against the breeze . |
| 18 | However , you ca n't rely on your family and friends forever . |
| 19 | As an unknown you ca n't rely on the first , and very likely have no hip London friends or business connections to facilitate the second . |
| 20 | I ca n't rely on people coming into my office and booking artists . |
| 21 | You ca n't rely on popularity to make you happy . |
| 22 | You ca n't rely on yourself any more . |
| 23 | If you ca n't rely on the private sector or exports to get the economy going , you need to rely on the Government and there is very little in this statement to reflect that policy . |
| 24 | You can use several Pump Wagons together , or advance them with chariots or big monsters , but their random move means you ca n't rely on them to hit the enemy at the same time . |
| 25 | Her lack of contact with the school , the distance and her work made her feel helpless : ‘ I ca n't rely on myself — I do n't know — working all the time — how could I know . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We ca n't rely on phone calls and second-hard contact , ’ Somerset resourcefully agreed . |
| 27 | Ca n't rely on that , ca n't rely on it . |
| 28 | Ca n't rely on that , ca n't rely on it . |
| 29 | While child-proof devices are helpful , you ca n't rely on them completely . |
| 30 | ‘ You ca n't rely on a human being to cure you of evil and give you peace . |