Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't watch as I reluctantly move forward |
| 2 | It 's wrong the Blacks ca n't do as they please in South Africa , it 's as much their country as the Whites . |
| 3 | I ca n't move as it is , ’ he snorted , pointing to three full shopping bags between his legs . |
| 4 | ‘ The boys do their best , but the girls seem to be making a better job of it ’ gave the impression that boys ca n't dance as well as girls . |
| 5 | ‘ The boys do their best , but the girls seem to be making a better job of it ’ gave the impression that boys ca n't dance as well as girls . |
| 6 | I ca n't love as you can ! ’ |
| 7 | Pity she ca n't go as well , you could have had a quiet weekend . |
| 8 | But titles and businesses ca n't survive as landmarks and in the last advertising revenue increasingly moved into the proliferating newspaper magazine supplements . |
| 9 | ‘ Ca n't say as I do , ’ he said . |
| 10 | She 'd like that , I daresay , but yer mum would n't , and ca n't say as I blame 'er . ’ |
| 11 | Ca n't say as I blame him . |
| 12 | Ca n't say as I remember . ’ |
| 13 | I really do n't know , I ca n't say as er er as I ever , ever seen a unit in , in this area at all . |
| 14 | Well , I ca n't say as I blame her because if I were a woman , I would n't like your paws on me either … and that wife of yours is no ordinary woman either . |
| 15 | I ca n't recall as to the exact time when I learned of that instruction , but I was aware that the instruction had been given |
| 16 | Because I have to structure while I 'm writing I you know so I 'm structuring while and I ca n't write as well . |
| 17 | they also th These other things can all burn as well and you can get erm sulphur dioxide and you can get , as well as nitrogen you can get oxides of nitrogen . |
| 18 | I 'm sure such generalisations are unjust , but I can only speak as I find ! |
| 19 | You can only do as well as your knowledge and experience allow which is just the same as the rest of us . |
| 20 | Worries centre on what appears to be an acceptance by IBM that its mainframe business has slipped into irretrievable decline , and as that perception becomes widespread among users the decline can only accelerate as those that had planned to grow their mainframe installations pause and reconsider the options . |
| 21 | Since their parts ( or at least some of them ) can only exist as parts of just such a whole , no definite sense can be attached to a contrast between the sum of the values of their parts and their value on the whole . |
| 22 | One can only speculate as to who put them up to it . ’ |
| 23 | We can only speculate as to why such ambivalence or hostility to markets persists . |
| 24 | On reading the list of collections in the occupied territories , one can only speculate as to what has happened to some 3,000 numismatic items , 15,000 volumes of rare books and 8,100 prints , as well as antique arms belonging to the collection of Baltazar Bogisic , one of the most distinguished Croatian scientists of the nineteenth century . |
| 25 | Indeed we know very little about contemporary kin relationships ( Finch 1989 ) and can only speculate as to how increased rates of divorce and remarriage will affect family relationships . |
| 26 | Obviously he did not make himself known so we can only speculate as to who he was watching , but we are all hoping that Trevor Proby will soon get the call . |
| 27 | It looks as though John McVeir was a party to Moir McIlchenich 's murder although he was never charged with it , and we can only speculate as to what the three accused said before the Baillie on 16th May which induced the authorities to apprehend John McVeir and bring him before the Baillie on 22nd May 1699 — did they " split " on him ? |
| 28 | We can only guess as to the type of houses at this period , but if we believe the cartographer they seem to be buildings of the Hall House type . |
| 29 | They can only act as he has taught them . |
| 30 | ‘ We can only demolish as and when a number of properties become available and can be taken out without affecting the remaining properties , ’ said Mr Allan . |