Example sentences of "can [not/n't] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't for the life of me understand what it is you see in it . |
| 2 | I honestly ca n't for the life of me figure out how to express the rest so I hope you 'll forgive me if I stop here . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh heck , I ca n't for the life of me remember . ’ |
| 4 | It is just the latest , polite way of saying that whites want to live in Africa , but they ca n't for the life of them get along with Africans . |
| 5 | Yes , the Government 's sending armaments to help Poland in her fight against the Soviet , but I ca n't for the life of me see what that 's got to do with you ! ’ |
| 6 | GUIL : I ca n't for the life of me see how we 're going to get into conversation . |
| 7 | I ca n't for the life of me see why , if you really feel something , it 's got to be talked about . |
| 8 | And , talking to these teachers , I ca n't for the life of me see what motive any of them can have . |
| 9 | ‘ Only then someone destroyed my confidence , my ability to trust , and , looking at you now , I ca n't for the life of me see how I could possibly have thought myself in love with someone so shallow , so completely self-centred . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't for the life of me imagine why , ’ she whispered , ‘ but please do n't stop , will you ? ’ |
| 11 | The trouble is , I ca n't for the life of me remember what I was wearing the last time I went to see Angy , or on the day she died . |
| 12 | I ca n't for the life of me see how it could have been Sheila Williams he was with … |
| 13 | ‘ The one that says you own the world and all that 's in it , that says you ca n't for the life of you figure out why I 'm not jumping for joy at the prospect of staying on here , in this house , as your grandmother 's companion . ’ |
| 14 | Well erm you see although I learned shorthand and typing it was better money and that was the reason I had to do it , I 've passed my exams in shorthand but er probably there were n't enough offices then to employ a good many clerks , but erm they er it was a very big fellow who used to ring the bell and the bell was on the outside , he was named Tom but I ca n't for the life of me think erm what his other name was but , erm it used to put the fear through us I can tell you if we were around the corner and we heard that bell ringing but erm they , they were a good firm to work for and , but they were strict but everywhere was strict in those days , we had to accept it but it was a long long hours , but erm they knew I had some , I , I enjoyed it and I 'd go back again only I 'm too old . |
| 15 | I 've tried , I ca n't for the life of me remember them |
| 16 | I ca n't for the love of me understand the leadership of all the unions that allowed , we do n't even get enough holidays of what they get on the continent , we should be asking for more , not taking them off us or putting it in October to celebrate Nelson and Trafalgar because I could n't give a monkey for 'em . |
| 17 | Was I perhaps too busy noticing things that Dr Starkie was missing ( though what they might have been I ca n't for the moment think ) ? |
| 18 | In our work we can not for a moment disregard them , yet we are never sure that we are seeing them clearly . |
| 19 | ‘ Lady Lavinia , ’ Theda said firmly , ‘ even were I to give you my advice , which must necessarily be based on very little knowledge , I can not for a moment imagine that you would take it . ’ |
| 20 | I can not for the life of me imagine a place as distant as Italy . |
| 21 | I can not for the life of me understand anglers who use those lifeless , poker-like , stepped-up carp rods coupled with lines of 12lb or less . |
| 22 | Only my problem is , all my package-tour details were in the small valise , and — would you believe it ? — I can not for the life of me recall where I am checked in . |
| 23 | I can not for the life of me see why children have to take so long to grow up . |
| 24 | I can not for the life of me see why the County Council as the Statutory Authority and supposedly an independent er er body to British Coal is so resistant to a full public inquiry when only the clear er proposals of British Coal will come out . |
| 25 | I can not for the life of me see why they 're so resistant to it . |
| 26 | I can not for the life of me see this is a reasonable attitude on the part of the County Council . |
| 27 | I can not for the life of me see Wilko releasin Rocky , especially for only 1 Million . |