Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it was easy , I was bathing in a calm sea where I could swim freely ; you ca n't swim freely when you get tangled up in roots . |
| 2 | ‘ Because I ca n't think straight when I 'm close to you . |
| 3 | They ca n't stand aside when confronted with evil and injustice . |
| 4 | I ca n't remember exactly when it was , but I know Oliver was tiny and you 'd been ill . ’ |
| 5 | I ca n't remember exactly when in the sequence it first began to dawn on me that an evolved resemblance to something like an insect was possible . |
| 6 | no cos you ca n't act hard when you 're crying |
| 7 | You ca n't say exactly when it happened . |
| 8 | To be successful the direction-shifts of the fleeing animal must be irregular so that the predator can not anticipate either when or in which direction the next change of course will be . |
| 9 | But obviously the Government can not spend more when it is already ‘ overdrawing ’ at the rate of £50bn a year which anyone can work out is around £1,000 per head of population or say £2,000 per working person . |
| 10 | I can not say precisely when I expect him to return , though I should suppose in about a week from now . ’ |