Example sentences of "[pron] can n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone says something particularly stupid in a shop , or you wait half an hour in the British Rail canteen because someone ca n't decide whether they want some fruitcake or not . |
| 2 | When someone ca n't cope with panic attacks , agoraphobia is often the consequence and treating this condition requires specialist help . |
| 3 | someone ca n't get hold of you . |
| 4 | If someone ca n't read aloud competently , this does not mean he ca n't read at all : consider the number of us who could read French silently and understand it , but who would find it very difficult to " sound it out " and read it aloud . |
| 5 | Dad I wish I was you , laughing at the bar beach come here , misguided crew I could n't handle those things because I come in say this is my ca n't stand my brother boy |
| 6 | But manager Howard Wilkinson 's hopes that Batty would be available to spark a revival at Elland Road were dashed yesterday when the player said : ‘ I ca n't set a comeback date and if things do n't improve soon I 'll have to see a specialist . ’ |
| 7 | It 's just sometimes I ca n't manage . |
| 8 | That sounded wistful so she added robustly , ‘ I know I said I liked seeing the crowd in here but that does n't mean I ca n't manage on my own . |
| 9 | Philip and I ca n't manage . |
| 10 | If I ca n't manage it in a quiet room , or a temporary study , I impose it on everyone at least for a short time . |
| 11 | I ca n't manage any of it . |
| 12 | But I do n't , but I ca n't manage |
| 13 | You and I ca n't manage even that to any extent . ’ |
| 14 | I ca n't manage her , she does n't seem to hear me . |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't manage them . |
| 16 | ‘ I like to go down to the Albert Dock but I ca n't manage it very well without the scooter . ’ |
| 17 | I ca n't manage ! |
| 18 | I ca n't manage any more I 'm afraid mummy . |
| 19 | I 'm I 'll I ca n't manage it this side of the weekend . |
| 20 | That 's right , and I think that erm , yes , there 's a notion that I find useful in talking to students that we all have a comfort zone , there are all things that we know about , that we know how to do and if anything comes up — I mean in business it might be accountancy , we do n't all know how to handle figures , and so that 's an area that we 've hived off in that area and we all know that when we do that we are , as it were , giving up a bit ; we 're saying ‘ well , I ca n't manage I just do n't have I ca n't do that , it 's not for me ’ . |
| 21 | Yeah , she erm , she turns off er I ca n't tolerate that , you know , I ca n't Jean tell you about that |
| 22 | I ca n't chuck any away . |
| 23 | That 's something that we do have to work on and I ca n't emphasize it too strongly . |
| 24 | And finally , and I ca n't emphasize this strongly enough , in developing our open accounting product we developed a totally new application . |
| 25 | I ca n't emphasize enough . |
| 26 | ‘ Caroline , I ca n't undo my weskit buttons . ’ |
| 27 | I ca n't check them this morning . |
| 28 | Well cos I ca n't check myself when I 've got this on . |
| 29 | I needed more of the thinner timber , but I ca n't fetch , chop and feed it at the same time . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't disappoint the children , you know . |