Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | MacArthur did n't say to Truman hey you ca n't sack me , I 'm the emperor of Japan , no ? |
| 2 | Eventually her voice grated , ‘ You ca n't kick me out like this . |
| 3 | They ca n't kick me around . " |
| 4 | He says : He ca n't disinherit me , it 's an irrevocable legacy . |
| 5 | He would love his mum and me to get together , and I ca n't pretend I would n't want to have him as my son . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I ca n't pretend I know what that means . ’ |
| 7 | He ca n't lift me up can |
| 8 | You ca n't treat me like that . |
| 9 | You ca n't treat me like this ! |
| 10 | That 's right , and I think that erm , yes , there 's a notion that I find useful in talking to students that we all have a comfort zone , there are all things that we know about , that we know how to do and if anything comes up — I mean in business it might be accountancy , we do n't all know how to handle figures , and so that 's an area that we 've hived off in that area and we all know that when we do that we are , as it were , giving up a bit ; we 're saying ‘ well , I ca n't manage I just do n't have I ca n't do that , it 's not for me ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ You ca n't hurt me . |
| 12 | ‘ You ca n't hurt me , Ruth , ’ he said calmly , ‘ so stop trying to . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , I will , ’ she conceded politely , ‘ because it will show you ca n't hurt me . |
| 14 | But you ca n't protect me , no one can . |
| 15 | Even if it is n't , he thought , she ca n't bite me ! |
| 16 | ‘ You ca n't abandon me ! ’ |
| 17 | They ca n't fool me with that ‘ powdering my nose ’ act . |
| 18 | Girls are always trying to make you feel sorry for them , but they ca n't fool me . |
| 19 | Your proper name ; you see you ca n't fool me . |
| 20 | You ca n't fool me . |
| 21 | ‘ You ca n't fool me with all that John Smith nonsense ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm innocent , believe me , Craig has fooled you but he ca n't fool me , he wanted it all , the property and land , the business and every penny of the money . |
| 23 | ‘ You ca n't fool me , Maws . |
| 24 | You ca n't fool me ’ , offered none either , save for saying ‘ Here we are , sir ’ when they reached the eighth floor . |
| 25 | You ca n't fool me on that score . ’ |
| 26 | You ca n't fool me Lorna ! |
| 27 | It 's a relief when the Terrorist Squad boys seem to lose interest but that still leaves all the rest and I ca n't think I ca n't think straight I ca n't sleep . |
| 28 | ‘ You ca n't think I 'd stoop to that ! ’ he said savagely . |
| 29 | I ca n't think I need those |
| 30 | You ca n't scare me |