Example sentences of "n't [verb] [adv] [pron] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | No no I do n't think ever I can remember . |
| 2 | Cos , we 've heard her say it but I ca n't think how she can be . |
| 3 | People do n't know when they can get it or not . |
| 4 | I 've got a fiver , I do n't know when I can change it , but I want to change it , erm . |
| 5 | Do n't know if I could do the electric one definitely Guess that 's about whether the I 'd like one of them , one of them and yeah but we do n't know when it can be delivered , so we ca n't do it that early you ca n't say yeah but but er we 'll let you know , well we can so it 's there that 's what we wish , they 'd the bills go and we 'll let you know when you can be the keys can be available for you to put it in . |
| 6 | I do n't know when he can do it . |
| 7 | ‘ And , ’ he continued , ‘ you do n't know where I can get some good stout boots , small-like , and I do n't want no commentary , jest want to know . ’ |
| 8 | I do n't know where you can find it though . |
| 9 | a proper group and er I do n't know how they can arrange transport , but I think that 's what they 're planning to do . |
| 10 | Referring to complaining neighbours the Hanleys she said : ‘ I just do n't know how they can sleep at night next door because I could n't , knowing that I 'd done that to someone . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't know how , I do n't know how they can stand to be apart . |
| 12 | I do n't know how they can make mistakes like that they send you a letter one minute and then on your rent book 's different . |
| 13 | But I do n't know how they can have them as twins do you ? |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't know how I can help you . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't know how I can ever thank you . |
| 16 | If I ca n't get promotion on the basis of all the hard work I 've done for the organisation over the last five years then I do n't know how I can get it . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know how you can say that , Daddy . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know how you can . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , I do n't know how you can say that , ’ Mr Ashdown replied . |
| 20 | ’ I do n't know how you can watch it like that . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know how you can even speak of her in the same breath . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You know I would n't take anything from that woman , and I do n't know how you can , Maria . ’ |
| 23 | But I do n't know how you can run a country on frothy money , and I would argue that Black Wednesday was a classic example of that sort of thing going wrong . ’ |
| 24 | As he sat pale-faced and impassive , she screamed : ‘ I do n't know how you can hide behind your solicitor and say absolutely nothing . ’ |
| 25 | Dolly , healthily peckish , said , ‘ I do n't know how you can be so good to me , nursin' me ankle , givin' me your bed , and feedin' me as well , and me a girl that 's done pinchin' and nickin' . ’ |
| 26 | Negative statements such as ‘ I do n't know how you can work with them ’ or ‘ they do n't belong here — this is a college ’ , which were once like a red rag to a bull to me , no longer insult or injure as they did . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know how you can live here , ’ Graham said then winced as another explosion rocked the night . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't know how you can say that , Christina . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't know how you can remember … ’ |
| 30 | The other day , in America , the driver of my car said : ‘ I do n't know how you can leave her , ’ and I felt like smacking him in the face . |