Example sentences of "we can [adv] [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we ca n't make the gospel of Jesus relevant to today , how can we lead other people to faith ? |
| 2 | It is more passive in the sense that we ca n't interact with a text , we ca n't affect the development of the text by our own words , since the text 's words are already given . |
| 3 | We ca n't reverse the process , but we might be able to check it . |
| 4 | But I truly think we ca n't miss the chance of getting there . ’ |
| 5 | We ca n't change the past , but we can all do our best to make the future perfect . ’ |
| 6 | Compaq area sales manager Bernard Schaffer commented ‘ We have some flexibility , but we ca n't change the world , ’ adding ‘ the government is definitely under pressure , but the rules will hurt everybody in the market and finally they will hurt Slovakia . ’ |
| 7 | We ca n't leave the responsibility of saving diversity in our apples — or any other food — up to the random selections of amateur gardeners . |
| 8 | ‘ We ca n't leave the car blocking this lane , can we ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But we ca n't leave the planet , because they have n't caught the dangerous thief yet . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We ca n't ignore the fact that there has been an overproduction of titles , and this is a lesson everyone is having to take on board , ’ she said . |
| 11 | Too easily it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy : ‘ We ca n't expect the majority of students to do very well — so do n't blame us for the failures . ’ |
| 12 | Sometimes we hear terrible news and instead of tears we ca n't stop the laughter . |
| 13 | We ca n't stop the change , I 'd rather become part of it . |
| 14 | ‘ If we ca n't stop the train , there will be a real accident and people will be killed . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But we ca n't stop the car . ’ |
| 16 | The next day I went to the State Bank , and there I was told , ‘ That 's fine , only we ca n't give the money to the person here . |
| 17 | Strictly on form we ca n't beat The Fellow , But Jodami can improve on that . |
| 18 | We ca n't control the climate but we can control the air pollution . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sorry , Mr Morgan , but we ca n't move the body yet . |
| 20 | ‘ We ca n't alter the past . |
| 21 | Other comments included ‘ What 'll happen if we ca n't do the work ? ’ and ‘ Ca n't we work on our own ? ’ |
| 22 | Oh we ca n't do the campaigning like you do in the west . |
| 23 | ‘ We ca n't open the gate . |
| 24 | Because we do n't know what the disorder is , we ca n't tell the family what the future holds . |
| 25 | We ca n't take the Ship ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We ca n't take the risk . |
| 27 | We ca n't take the piano there . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But we ca n't spend the weekend together . ’ |
| 29 | Jessamy , we ca n't spend the rest of our lives apart . |
| 30 | We are worried that we ca n't provide the level we have provided in the past . |