Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [adv] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are you sure I ca n't be of assistance ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Sorry I ca n't be of more help . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't be of much help , ’ Meredith said . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't be at school with all |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't be without you , Gentle . |
| 6 | I ca n't bring them here although I 'd like to , and I ca n't be with them safely . |
| 7 | Incidentally , I ca n't be with you because I 'm trying to ensure that in the next general election Labour will win more seats . |
| 8 | And here 's me dying to act and I ca n't be in it because I 'm Jewish . ’ |
| 9 | I ca n't be in two places at once , I said . |
| 10 | I ca n't be in two places at once . |
| 11 | I 've always excused myself-I 've said , I 'm kind and tolerant with everyone else , she 's the one person I ca n't be like that with , and there has to be an exception to the general rule . |
| 12 | I do n't want young people to think , ‘ Oh that 's Martin Luther King — I ca n't be like him ’ . |
| 13 | absolutely filthy , oh I ca n't be like it , I said she did n't ground it just dirt |
| 14 | I I 'm not against I ca n't be against the right of a c of a member of parliament to withhold their vote from their government . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but I can not be at your beck and call all the time , my dear . |
| 16 | His warning should put the importance of conviction in faith beyond all question : ‘ Bear in mind , then , that when you face death or persecution , I can not be with you , or you with me . |
| 17 | A woman I know has given me the name of a midwife who will come and otherwise I shall have to engage a nurse for the shortest time possible since I can not be without assistance when my time comes . |
| 18 | Surely I can not be like the old murmuring Israelites , to long after the onions and garlic of Egypt when they had suffered there such heavy bondage ? |
| 19 | quite right , I can easily be at Dave 's Saturday , no problem , I know Dave |
| 20 | ‘ And of course , ’ he continued blandly to the committee , ‘ if I can then be of assistance , I should be delighted . ’ |
| 21 | yeah , er , design I can never be to a boiler or storage heater for the winter also the heater would activate the till the heat |
| 22 | You ca n't be on holiday . |
| 23 | You ca n't be on your own all the time , it worries me . ’ |
| 24 | You ca n't be on middle ground , there is no neutral territory . |
| 25 | You ca n't be for the audition , said Malcolm . |
| 26 | ‘ You ca n't be with me every moment , ’ she said defiantly . |
| 27 | Even if you ca n't be in the team , your enthusiasm is commendable . |
| 28 | You ca n't be in touch with your baby 24 hours a day , but with the Baby Link Walkabout you can . |
| 29 | You ca n't be in love with two people and I have n't forgotten your English girl , even if you have . |
| 30 | You ca n't be in two places at once . " |