Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a yacht on flotilla breaks down and can not travel due to a major failure which is not your fault , and a substitute is not available , we pay for each 24 hrs or each full sailing day ( 1000 to 1700 ) the yacht is immobile . |
| 2 | For this reason , walking becomes rather a difficult experience as you can feel your feet moving along but can not see where they are going . |
| 3 | I 've already looked it over and ca n't see anything wrong with it , but I do n't trust my own judgement . ’ |
| 4 | I spect he 's fallen over and ca n't get up . |
| 5 | Beejay suspects that I have spotted an alternative to misbehave over and can not resist a sideways look . |
| 6 | A letter to Rohde contains , half-way through , the sign " N.B. " and , at the end , the following : " At the point marked N.B. , a message came calling me into town as soon as I reached the foot of the page ; now returned , I am trembling all over and can not free myself of it even by pouring out my heart to you . |
| 7 | The one time you see it is when a woman takes her clothes off and can not look you in the eyes ( as I could n't then ) . |
| 8 | Finally , the possibility exists of ‘ buying out ’ an actor 's repeat fees for a single payment — something Equity frowns on but can hardly prevent . |
| 9 | Then he goes all quiet and throws some money at me and tells me to hurry up and ca n't wait to get the other boy out of the shop . |
| 10 | And angry young men are just older men who have n't grown up and can only see one side of the coin . |
| 11 | Ca n't get do , get up but ca n't get down . |
| 12 | Boro boss Lennie Lawrence said : ‘ Bernie has been in and out and ca n't focus his mind properly with his contract looming up . ’ |
| 13 | The reviewer is likely to get hot under the collar if a personal favourite has been left out and can easily end up merely drawing up a rival selection . |
| 14 | We work all year round but ca n't work on the uplands during the winter months — we might not see it for six to eight weeks . |
| 15 | All go round but ca n't catch each other . |