Example sentences of "can n't be [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Well , if Sister 's sanctioned it , it ca n't be to Melrose , where that dishy registrar 's often to be seen . ’
2 It has to be at Downes 's place : Kemp has n't got a room in college , and it ca n't be at Kemp 's place because his wife is a house-bound invalid .
3 ‘ You ca n't be in Sardinia and not try a prickly pear . ’
4 Well it ca n't be in Moorford because the only thing that
5 Mansell ca n't be in Portugal and Japan at the same time , ’ he said .
6 " Well , whoever you 're selling for , I 'm sorry to disappoint you , but these tiles ca n't be by de Morgan .
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