Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [vb infin] to " in BNC.
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1 | Despite his efforts to tear into his food with Latin gusto , or the slicked-down hair above the urban American face , he simply ca n't appear to be a native of a provincial Italian town . ‘ |
2 | Frank O' Sullivan , head coach of Birmingham City ABC , regarded ‘ the majority of black kids ’ as ‘ too casual in their approach ’ and as a consequence ‘ they ca n't react to pressure . ’ |
3 | ‘ Someone you know ca n't pretend to be other than he is , ’ Jehan suggested . |
4 | I ca n't pretend to be , and you know it , so what do you want ? |
5 | ‘ You ca n't talk to him ; he 's dead , ’ replies the guard . |
6 | Or as Dr Dani Bevan , general manager of Powys health authority puts it : ‘ If we do n't get the communications right , we ca n't talk to each other . ’ |
7 | If you ca n't talk to him . |
8 | I ca n't talk to people , they 're too separate from me . |
9 | And I do n't intend to meddle in your family life — if you ca n't talk to each other , it 's none of my business . ’ |
10 | This is an unreal place to be , because if you ca n't talk to other women , yet you believe all women must in the end come to separatism , then either those women have to be born separatist or they have to come to it through isolation , pain and struggle . |
11 | ‘ Our branches ca n't talk to each other . |
12 | Obviously I ca n't talk to anyone about it . |
13 | I expect he can talk to her in a way he ca n't talk to me . |
14 | I ca n't talk to them or anything so |
15 | ‘ I ca n't talk to something without ears , ’ she thought . |
16 | Well , there are potatoes and wheat and rice but you ca n't talk to vegetables . |
17 | ‘ I ca n't talk to you while Jim 's there . ’ |
18 | But for most girls , if you ca n't talk to your parents , or your friends , that 's it . |
19 | ‘ I ca n't talk to you now . |
20 | I ca n't talk to him , not about private matters . |
21 | You ca n't talk to him about erm division by zero being infinity . |
22 | ‘ You know we ca n't talk to any outsiders , ’ replied the hijra , ‘ unless Chaman Guruji gives us permission . ’ |
23 | ‘ I ca n't talk to you now , Stella . |
24 | All Paul 's friends are opposed to the Poll Tax , so he ca n't talk to them about it . |
25 | ‘ That does n't mean I ca n't talk to you , does it ? ’ |
26 | No , Mum , you ca n't talk to Jack , he 's busy . |
27 | ‘ The trouble is he ca n't talk to people . |
28 | Dawn you ca n't talk to him , I 'm telling you , I 've tried . |
29 | I ca n't talk to her . |
30 | You ca n't explain to a child . ‘ |