Example sentences of "he can n't [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall assessment : Fair do's , Peter gets a bit garbled and he ca n't handle telly but he 's a thoroughly decent and honest chap . |
| 2 | He ca n't bear novelty or originalities … |
| 3 | He ca n't tell Dad about the deportation . |
| 4 | he ca n't change mouth . |
| 5 | he ca n't spell dignity and lost her trust |
| 6 | Mr has great powers but he ca n't give evidence on this case |
| 7 | Course he ca n't do pencil and paper . |
| 8 | What bothers him , though , is the science that lies behind it ; he ca n't make head or tail of what he tries to read about it . |
| 9 | And he ca n't imagine weakness . |
| 10 | Steve Gilbert has had a beard for 20 years and says he ca n't imagine life without it . |
| 11 | And yet he can watch the telly and he reads the newspaper and yet you do n't , he ca n't understand English but he 'd be watching this right and it is ha laugh so something must be funny but he du n no what 's happening . |
| 12 | There are a whole range of things he ca n't do , he ca n't direct congress , he ca n't appoint who he wants freely , he ca n't make treaties with whom he wants when he wants , he ca n't start wars if he wants to start wars all these controls are on the president but what I , what er Newstat is saying is , over and above that , even in the areas where he appears to have constitutional authority , as a matter of practice it 's very difficult for the president to exercise his authority and when the president does exercise his authority he does so at great cost to himself . |
| 13 | Yeah he ca n't say shit . |
| 14 | Her father is a casual miner and on the days he ca n't get work her income is all they have . |
| 15 | Duncan took some persuading — £250 and the scrap option on the VW to be exact — but agreed to meet me at Blackberry Hill with his wrecker truck ( there is n't a vehicle known to man he ca n't get hold of ) in two hours . |
| 16 | He said , just at the right time he decided that he ca n't get bath any more . |
| 17 | But the consultant in charge says he ca n't run casualty like a supermarket . |
| 18 | No , no , thank you very much , it 's all right , he is n't badly hurt , a sprained ankle , and they say it is n't serious , but it does mean he ca n't come north yet … ’ |
| 19 | He ca n't take part . |
| 20 | ‘ Poor Perks , he ca n't take care of his own family . |