Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will have read enough apparently contradictory facts about what you can and ca n't eat to drive you to drink ( or chocolates , cakes , cheese sandwiches or whatever constitutes your particular downfall ) . |
| 2 | Why , I mean it might not be worth anything , I mean , you know , it 's a value , you ca n't , you ca n't start influencing them about money to early , because it 's the value benefit of that that they 're really looking at . |
| 3 | The sensuous mouth ca n't fail to put you under starter 's orders ? ’ |
| 4 | After all , when racism takes the form of violence , they ca n't fail to recognise it as an attack on themselves , and part of a value system they can not go along with . |
| 5 | An elegant back view ca n't fail to get you noticed in a crowd |
| 6 | They ca n't fail to adore you . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , ’ Julia said with an expression on her face that he could not quite read , ‘ but the law is the law and one ca n't decide to apply it only to those whose motives and characters one dislikes . |
| 8 | I ca n't think hitting him but I do n't think I could put him over the edge . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's me mum , and I 'll try anything for me mum , and Lourdes is what she wants , and I 'm her only son , and I ca n't bear watching it . ’ |
| 10 | I ca n't bear to visit you in that place . |
| 11 | I have a close friend who 's pregnant , and I 'm getting to the stage where I ca n't bear to see her because I just feel so jealous . |
| 12 | You can then wash the summer sheet regularly and the top when the outside gets do disgusting you ca n't bear to see it . |
| 13 | I ca n't bear to see you lolling about in here when it 's so glorious outside ’ . ’ |
| 14 | These so-called friends are usually overweight , failed-dieters who ca n't bear to see you succeeding . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , Ludo , I ca n't bear to see you cry . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't bear to see you crying … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't bear to see you moping around here any longer . |
| 18 | I ca n't bear to see you behave like this towards each other ! ’ |
| 19 | I did n't mean to upset you , and I ca n't bear to see you crying . ’ |
| 20 | Something is very wrong , and I ca n't bear to see you looking so sad . ’ |
| 21 | I ca n't bear to let it out of my hands — I shall have to carry it with me to my appointment at the Commission … |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't bear seeing them throwing it away , that 's all . |
| 23 | Maybe they just ca n't bear to contemplate it , or perhaps they 'll just be forced to wait . |
| 24 | I ca n't bear to hear you speak of yourself like that . |
| 25 | He ca n't bear to think he 's missing out on anything . |
| 26 | I have behaved so badly , I ca n't bear to think I have angered you — ’ |
| 27 | I just ca n't bear to tell him . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't think you can do better than follow the great masters , even if you ca n't hope to emulate them . |
| 29 | Well , her position in society is so much higher than yours that you ca n't hope to marry her . |
| 30 | No I ca n't stand to watch it . |