Example sentences of "can [adv] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't I ca n't eat a full meal though ! |
| 2 | We ca n't eat a full meal anyway and they charge |
| 3 | I can I ca n't eat a full yoghurt , so a little set yoghurt |
| 4 | You 're not working so hard you ca n't blow a couple of bars of ‘ Casey Jones ’ , are you ? ’ |
| 5 | You might say " I am no artist " , or " I ca n't draw a straight line " , or " I have n't drawn or painted since I left school . " . |
| 6 | You ca n't draw a hard line between international and national politics not these days . |
| 7 | ‘ You ca n't sack a man because of his friends , ’ he said forthrightly , ‘ and Caretaker 's family have been in Medewich a long time . |
| 8 | Still , you 'd have to say she ca n't cook a meatloaf . |
| 9 | ‘ You ca n't erase a lifetime of habit by spending two weeks in the sunshine . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It 's puzzled me for years that four times out of five the Wheel is recovered , but I ca n't recollect a single instance of the Scapegoat being brought in . ’ |
| 11 | I ca n't shake a lingering vision of her straining eagerly against Casey , and I half blame her for it as if it were true . |
| 12 | In fact , it is desirable that they should meet and get to know each other for a day or two over a safe fence ( possibly a mesh that a horse ca n't kick a leg through ) before they are put in with each other . |
| 13 | ‘ You want to change the world and you ca n't change a washer . ’ |
| 14 | You 're lucky because I 'll tell you for why , you ca n't change a video if you buy . |
| 15 | You ca n't link a whole range to a whole range , you can only have to one cell . |
| 16 | Other than that the neck feels really good and solid , and although it 's of the slim , wide variety ( 43.75mm at nut ) the fingerboard is n't so wide that you ca n't wrap a thumb over the top if you 're so inclined . |
| 17 | ‘ You ca n't waste a good supply of spliff ! ’ |
| 18 | But even the unrestrained delight of an audience gobsmacked at seeing The Fall in such an intimate setting in the wake of the latest reshuffle — and Smith 's consummate professionalism — ca n't disguise an essentially ropey and complacent performance . |
| 19 | But even the unrestrained delight of an audience gobsmacked at seeing The Fall in such an intimate setting in the wake of the latest reshuffle — and Smith 's consummate professionalism — ca n't disguise an essentially ropey and complacent performance . |
| 20 | Just as " big-step reductionism " can not work as an explanation of mechanism , and must be replaced by a series of small step-by-step peelings down through the hierarchy , so we ca n't explain a complex thing as originating in a single step . |
| 21 | When the time comes an' I ca n't lift a hundredweight of sugar or me old black pan , then it 'll be time for me to retire upstairs for good . ’ |
| 22 | Well you ca n't fancy a Cointreau cos erm |
| 23 | Just been to stupid Nettos , do you know you ca n't cash a cheque ? |
| 24 | But manager Howard Wilkinson 's hopes that Batty would be available to spark a revival at Elland Road were dashed yesterday when the player said : ‘ I ca n't set a comeback date and if things do n't improve soon I 'll have to see a specialist . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ She knows she ca n't manage a saucer ! ’ thought Marie . |
| 26 | In any event , if you ca n't manage a simpler case you are surely not going to succeed with the more difficult one . |
| 27 | Perhaps might not be it , ca n't , you ca n't wave a magic wand and say everything 's but they might not . |
| 28 | You ca n't wear a uniform ! |
| 29 | Yeah , well I 'm a bit like that , I ca n't wear a jumper because I , I and yet years ago I always used to wear |
| 30 | Well I ca n't wear a wedding ring now , it , just cos it 's so wide , it 's a really wide one . |