Example sentences of "it can [not/n't] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it ca n't do much harm , can it ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It ca n't do you no good if you spit it out . |
| 3 | ‘ It must be hot as you can bear or it ca n't do no good , ’ the thin woman insisted , motioning Hyacinth back with her knobby hand . |
| 4 | It ca n't do any harm . |
| 5 | Your body — even if it ca n't do Mr Kent 's maths tests or win the high jump — remains something that modern science can not copy . |
| 6 | With something so idiosyncratic there are things it ca n't do at all well , and others it can perform superbly . |
| 7 | ‘ It ca n't do anyone any harm , so do n't worry . ’ |
| 8 | But it ca n't do anything about dry or damaged hair . |
| 9 | If it ca n't do this the affected part of the structure remains damp ; This can then encourage rot to grow on timber , and may also result in frost damage to masonry in cold weather . |
| 10 | If you think about a baby coming out bottom first , it ca n't do very much for its hips can it ? |
| 11 | ‘ Well , it ca n't do any harm , Preston , ’ said his mum . |
| 12 | It ca n't do . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Anyway , it ca n't do any harm to pray , can it ? ’ |
| 14 | Even if this week brings conflict with an authority figure or a reminder of an obstacle to conquer , it ca n't do you too much harm . |
| 15 | Well , it ca n't do him any harm where he 's gone . |
| 16 | I think quite honestly in the progress of democracy , people sometimes gain the impression that the European parliament can do things it ca n't do . |
| 17 | When you write a program yourself , you know what you want it to do and you also know what it ca n't do . |
| 18 | well it ca n't do any harm , why does n't he go up when he 's in on Wednesday , well he 's coming to the market |
| 19 | It ca n't do that , hello it 's only me |
| 20 | Oh thought it came straight out of an olive it ca n't do any harm can it ? |
| 21 | short walk , it ca n't do any harm that |
| 22 | we can do she put an ice cube on the splodge let it melt and when it drys out the carpet comes up again but I do n't know if it 'll work but it ca n't do any harm , can it ? |
| 23 | What it ca n't do erm , ca n't check up grammar mistakes |
| 24 | In brief , topic neutrality was invoked to explain why , within the materialist scheme , consciousness of our mental states is not sufficient for knowledge of them as brain states : what it can not do is explain why knowledge of brain states is not sufficient for knowledge of their nature as conscious states . |
| 25 | To shorten the odds on reproducing itself it must produce a significant crop of attractive fruit , but it can not do this without the framework on which to hang and parade its wares . |
| 26 | Under other constitutional systems , one can detect a vague principle that a parliament can not do indirectly that which it can not do directly , but there is little authority for such a doctrine here . |
| 27 | To fall , in , towards the nucleus it would have to lose all its energy , and this it can not do as it is continually absorbing energy from the ether which balances with the amount it naturally radiates . |
| 28 | If one end of the comb is higher than the other , it can not do its job of pulling down evenly on the stitches . |
| 29 | One is that it is n't all just a question of the Scottish hierarchy being thralled to Rome in such a way that it can not do what it wants . |
| 30 | The simple answer is that it can not do so , and the appeal is accordingly allowed and the direction in the order is deleted . |