Example sentences of "can not [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's that side away from the river , you know , I I ca n't link it with the river . |
| 2 | You ca n't explain it with the funny little rules that we have for how your potential and different things vary in your circuit . |
| 3 | Yeah you ca n't set it by the book |
| 4 | We have more than 200 branches open on Saturdays from 9.30 am – 12.30 pm , so you can call in and discuss your needs if you ca n't manage it during the working week . |
| 5 | The table is too heavy to move , so you ca n't ram him into the wall with it , and there are no other weapons around . |
| 6 | Instead of seeing the person depicted on the duckpond surface of the polaroids , he sees an amalgam : this one 's slightly dark upper lip , this one 's nervy legs , this one 's role in Le Médecin malgré lui at the Comédie Française ( where he has recently sat through an excruciating evening of seventeenth-century high camp ) , this one 's intensely white and brown eyes , this one 's professed love of Shakespeare , this one 's part in an erotic thriller ( he can remember her buttocks from that movie , but he ca n't fix them to the right actress without his notes ) . |
| 7 | Despite his growing involvement , he ca n't scratch her from the list and another murder casts her every action in chilling , ambiguous light . |
| 8 | just a minute , I ca n't hold it at the moment Tim ! |
| 9 | Tim , I ca n't hold it at the moment ! |
| 10 | She ca n't , she ca n't cuddle you at the minute . |
| 11 | We ca n't do it without the support of the PA , you know that . ’ |
| 12 | And we 're also going to set up our own site , which we 'll be able to carry on on a daily basis throughout the year , so obviously the schools ca n't do it during the holidays . |
| 13 | But if he ca n't do it on the pitch I 'm sure the skipper will be helping to inspire the lads off it . |
| 14 | A because the work has n't been done What I 'm trying to do is er to say give a balanced approach which seems to me to reflect the County Council 's view that er you really ca n't do it on the basis of a a a quick subjective assessment , it really needs to be the result of a l of a detailed body of work . |
| 15 | still have to do measurements they ca n't do it on the phone you see . |
| 16 | I think he opens the no , he ca n't do it on the site cos it 's in er what is it ? |
| 17 | If you ca n't do it here you ca n't do it at the beginning of the second appointment , if you ca n't do it there then the chances are you 'll do it right at the end and if you have n't made the sale I guarantee you wo n't ask . |
| 18 | ‘ We are looking at voluntary redundancy , early retirement , job swaps , but if we ca n't do it by the end of the year we will have to look at compulsory redundancy . ’ |
| 19 | in the seventies but like er you can do it in the seventies you ca n't do it in the nineties . |
| 20 | He ca n't stand it with the weather being bad . |
| 21 | One of the most respected of our club members , on our committee of management , Pavel Pavlovich Gaganov , an elderly man ad highly esteemed , had formed the innocent habit of following anything he had to say with the vehement addition , ‘ No , sir , you ca n't lead me by the nose ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ But I ca n't pay you at the moment . |
| 23 | I ca n't tell him of the analogies I am cheerfully fabricating . |
| 24 | Isobel , bending her head , thought : I ca n't tell him about the baby ; not now . |
| 25 | erm I mean I ca n't tell you off the top of my head , but I would like to know how many erm career advisory erm people actually help girls to direct their career . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a long story and one I ca n't tell you in the street . |
| 27 | ‘ We ca n't burn it in the grate — Dad might come back , we might n't clean up in time . |
| 28 | All you have ever read about the delights of fast-jet aerobatics still ca n't prepare you for the utter , mind-blowing super-smooth , almost silent exhilaration of the real thing ! |
| 29 | Had a laugh last night we were laying the carpet and I was laying it , I cut it off see where it is you ca n't fit , ca n't fit it under the doorsteps |
| 30 | ‘ You ca n't leave him in the dark like that , ’ Tina exploded indignantly . |