Example sentences of "and can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joanna 's got a tumour and another terminal disease and is threatened with repossession and Mr McGinity is in an iron lung and ca n't pay his electricity bill . |
| 2 | Of teachers , four examples , at random , covered approachability , humour and sensitivity ( SED 1989:8 ) : If you do n't have a sense of humour and ca n't laugh with the weans , you 'd crack up more easily . |
| 3 | Er this is why swimming 's been taken up by quite a lot , there are retir classes for people who 've retired and ca n't swim . |
| 4 | That 's one reason children in the United States ca n't vote , they ca n't buy alcohol and ca n't stand for election . |
| 5 | ‘ You learn what they can and ca n't do and that experience becomes useful as you go on . |
| 6 | There are certain things in there that say what we can and ca n't do , and certain things that say what the band can and ca n't do , ’ says Marshall . |
| 7 | There are certain things in there that say what we can and ca n't do , and certain things that say what the band can and ca n't do , ’ says Marshall . |
| 8 | He 's half starved — and ca n't do a thing about it . ’ |
| 9 | I took him hack because I love him and ca n't do without him , so now I 'm back to square one . |
| 10 | If you 're away on holiday and ca n't do that getting a neighbour to do it for you , to look after your house , shut the curtains at night and opening them during the day . |
| 11 | ‘ And who do you think you are , to tell me what I can and ca n't do ? |
| 12 | They 've told me what I can and ca n't do . |
| 13 | Her mother Maria needs a hip operation and ca n't do any heavy lifting . |
| 14 | a lot of myths surrounding Down 's Syndrome children as to what they can and ca n't do you see and er |
| 15 | and ca n't do enough for you . |
| 16 | The seminar is called ‘ Product Enhancement Using New Technology ’ , and as I understand it , the aim of the seminar is to give technical and non-technical managers a clearer understanding of what microprocessors can and ca n't do . |
| 17 | We 'll make certain that Lewis knows all the facts and ca n't twist them . ’ |
| 18 | Mrs Oliver also said that since receiving her machine as a birthday present last year , she has become totally ‘ hooked ’ , is already producing garments for the family and ca n't think why she did n't buy a machine years ago . |
| 19 | You get the child who just sits and ca n't think what to do . |
| 20 | Some begin by expressing the need for drugs ; then become physically or mentally dependent on drugs and ca n't cope with life without them ; some eventually become addicted to drugs . |
| 21 | So I mean it does n't , I mean , I mean the point about social work erm you know doing er some experience is I think so that you actually experience the erm sort of so the , the group dynamics of people who are in trouble and ca n't cope . |
| 22 | We ought to be able to cope , we feel bad about things , and so we come right down here , withdraw and ca n't cope . |
| 23 | Because you can tell , you can have two people in a situation , one copes really well , sails through it , but the other gets really stressed , and goes down hill , and ca n't cope . |
| 24 | I know well it 's not your do n't wan na open the door and ca n't open the door properly cos the bed 's there , one step and you 're on the bed . |
| 25 | ‘ They are chasing a dream that does n't and ca n't exist , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 26 | Often she ca n't do PE at school and ca n't walk very far . |
| 27 | She says she gets bad asthma and ca n't swallow very easily , which means it takes her ages to eat her meals . |
| 28 | It 'll be a very useful tool in teaching mountain bikers where they can and ca n't go . |
| 29 | This means they have to spend their first days of life in hospital and ca n't go home for several weeks . |
| 30 | Can I mention er that I 'm very disappointed that C P O's are n't coming back under the fold I understand the arguments for and against , but when you look at erm the knowledge that two of our new recruits have got , in relation , one in relation to fraud and one in relation to terrorism , it seems ironical that they 're divisional staff and ca n't go round the force giving their expertise force-wide rather than just on er a basic divisional |