Example sentences of "[pers pn] ca n't [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I ca n't offer an explanation as to where they are . |
| 32 | I ca n't fit a cooker hood in my kitchen so can you give me some advice on extractors ? |
| 33 | I 'll have a look , but I 've had him doing actual words , like first words er , you know erm , Ben and large and in and out and just the , the easy words and Luke and his own name , so he is already got the idea that when you write a letter you ca n't just write any letter , you 've got to make letters say something either as erm , as an alphabet or in the form of words , so of course she says to , would you all like to write me a sentence , well he 's already passed that stage , he thinks himself well I ca n't write a sentence , what he knows as a sentence consists of words that make sense , so they 're all sitting there going a N , N , N , Q , R , S , N , T , T , and they 're saying a sentence like I went to the shops with my nanny , well Alex has already passed that stage , he knows that that is n't sensible , so he must of turned to her and he said , I ca n't write like that , my mummy will shout at me |
| 34 | I love you , and I ca n't imagine a life where you are n't the centre of it . ’ |
| 35 | I 'm 33 now and I ca n't imagine a time when I would ever consider using it . |
| 36 | Well I ca n't imagine a doctor turn turning the offer down . |
| 37 | ‘ I ca n't imagine a future without you , Miriam . ’ |
| 38 | But when I get out there I ca n't call a group . |
| 39 | Well I ca n't read a story while the television 's on . |
| 40 | Then her face changed and she told me something so terrible , so strange , so annihilating that I ca n't remember a word she said . |
| 41 | Fucking messing about something and I ca n't remember a thing about it . |
| 42 | Their voices are never raised in greeting — the whole week I ca n't remember a shout bar the occasional ‘ hola ’ . |
| 43 | ‘ I ca n't remember a horse so far ahead in the Grand National at this stage ! ’ enthused commentator Julian Wilson on BBC television as Crisp came to Becher 's Brook for the second time , still looking uncatchable : galloping relentlessly and jumping brilliantly , he was thirty lengths clear and showed no signs of flagging . |
| 44 | And I ca n't remember a time when he said , ‘ Do n't play that ; play this . ’ |
| 45 | Looking back , I ca n't remember a time when I did n't love you . |
| 46 | ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’ |
| 47 | On the Quakers ' goal of the season so far , he said : ‘ I ca n't remember a lot about the build up , but the ball sort of bounced just right and I let fly . |
| 48 | I can honestly say I ca n't remember a show I definitely did n't like doing , although I might have been in some that did n't turn out as I though they would . ’ |
| 49 | I make coffee , she phones around , shifts papers , I ca n't say a word I mean . |
| 50 | I ca n't put a name to the feeling I have for you . |
| 51 | I ca n't put a name to it |
| 52 | CATHERINE A while back I think , but I ca n't put a face to you . |
| 53 | well I ca n't put a hat on me hair takes the same shape and I take me hat off me hair 's the same shape as me hat |
| 54 | She says I ca n't get a taxi because I have n't got enough money cos I do n't get paid til the end of the month . |
| 55 | If I ca n't get a response from them soon I 'll force-feed 'em my old loin-cloths ! |
| 56 | Only I ca n't get a chance to study in the meantime . |
| 57 | ‘ I ca n't get a heartbeat . ’ |
| 58 | I ca n't get a word out of him . ’ |
| 59 | I have n't dear , no I ca n't get a bus pass but I get the grant from the Council in er January twenty five pound we get to help towards the fuel bills you see , no . |
| 60 | I ca n't get a job . |