Example sentences of "can n't [verb] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | He would love his mum and me to get together , and I ca n't pretend I would n't want to have him as my son . |
2 | It 's a relief when the Terrorist Squad boys seem to lose interest but that still leaves all the rest and I ca n't think I ca n't think straight I ca n't sleep . |
3 | ‘ You ca n't think I 'd stoop to that ! ’ he said savagely . |
4 | She ca n't spend all day monitoring my blood sugar and giving me my thyroid medicine , and if I ca n't paint I shall go mad ! ’ |
5 | No , you ca n't tell I would n't know , unless you said . |
6 | I ca n't sing I 'd embarrass myself . |
7 | Magill was n't the first time I 've given my Little All for my job , but that ca n't mean I can only get it right when … |
8 | Right well I 'm going home without you then because I ca n't put I ca n't there 's no way I can push this buggy with you walking on my toes Bryony . |
9 | They want to go up to the aviary but I I ca n't get I ca n't get this buggy up there up that hill . |
10 | Come back soon , otherwise I ca n't guarantee I shall be here much longer . ’ |
11 | That 's why I ca n't promise I 'll take the mature , adult , philosophical approach , should my present partner stray . |
12 | No , well like I have n't learnt it , I ca n't play I can play up to a certain bit in the start and then I can play the rest of it like , it 's just one I ca n't get it 's just real annoying , I have the at the right pitch and I just |
13 | ‘ Ca n't say I 'll mind , ’ she went on . |
14 | Ca n't say I 'll be around , but this is certainly no grave-digging time either . |
15 | I ca n't say I would be just too excited about the prospects of calving goes be a bit kind of sliding each other young calf that 's just newly born . |
16 | ‘ There are one or two people who claim that they now remember hints dropped by Kim Philby , but I ca n't say I can remember anything at all . ’ |
17 | and you find erm people like Lynn you know , bless her , who now , who is n't too bad when she 's not too bad and is n't too good when she 's not too good , you know , and it is such a very very Not only can you not put anything visibly in in common with everyone that 's got it , even the people that have got it ca n't say I can not do this period , they say oh well I 'm not too good now but maybe last week or maybe next week |
18 | ‘ Ca n't say I 'd like to go through lifewith a name like that . |
19 | Sure , I could adapt any song and get away with it , but I ca n't say I 'd be as satisfied doing it that way , and I certainly would n't choose to interpret those things on one guitar . ’ |
20 | Ca n't say I 'd like to live next to a bakery . |
21 | I ca n't believe I 'll never see him again … ’ |
22 | I ca n't believe I used to go out with him . |
23 | B I wan na know say , this guy is an impen — independent guy who can do fings on is own , I ca n't find I ca n't find all that shi%%eries in a day ! |
24 | I ca n't imagine I would try and scramble up over rocks using my nose , but the use of hands in the mountaineering hierarchy seems to be of prime importance . |
25 | I ca n't imagine I can only say that from my knowledge of Herefordshire as a Herefordian myself , I ca n't imagine for the life of me that there are seven thousand people locally who could remotely afford a thousand pounds per share . |