Example sentences of "so he can [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He gags the budgie so he ca n't sing and ties the hamster 's wheel with string to stop it making a noise , ’ say Helen , nine , and six-year-old Carrie Ann . |
| 2 | His foot 's still elevated , so he ca n't fidget about , and that 's tough on a little boy . |
| 3 | All Paul 's friends are opposed to the Poll Tax , so he ca n't talk to them about it . |
| 4 | I could n't give him cover because the see shield is is quite a heavy cumbers cumbersome thing and it has two handles behind it erm and they are obviously the means of holding it up and f for directing it wherever you want so I 'm holding this all the time so he ca n't pass his weapon to me and he ca n't put his weapon in my holster because my gun was in the holster . |
| 5 | Well nowadays I do n't know whether you should record this or not , but nowadays erm they 'll not go unless they 've been to the bar or something before that well unfortunately Leslie 's not able to drink now , he ca n't after his operation , he ca n't take , it just upsets him altogether so he ca n't go to the bar and all the rest of the company have been to the bar and they 're in a different mood than what Leslie is , so Leslie 'll just not go , and it just , it 's kind of , cut him off |
| 6 | Then the commodore says , ‘ John the pilot is just the man for the job , ’ adding brightly , ‘ He 's not here so he ca n't refuse . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Now I am just glad he has been locked up , so he ca n't do this type of thing to anyone again . |
| 8 | He ca n't , so he ca n't come |
| 9 | weather conditions , things like that , so he ca n't increase the scale of production at his own will , and therefore ca n't exploit the economies of scale which can give an increase in production . |
| 10 | Well so he ca n't have that one then ? |
| 11 | And the Isle of Ely college is going out for a meal , so that wo n't be back , so he ca n't have that one , so we have n't got one ! |
| 12 | Sit on his head , so he ca n't get up . |
| 13 | ‘ The shop door is bolted on the inside so he ca n't get in that way . ’ |
| 14 | Norman Smart suffers from angina , so he ca n't get down to his local post office to buy a TV licence . |
| 15 | With a deadlock on the front door so he ca n't get in and out or anything . |
| 16 | He ca n't get any money se so so he ca n't get erm what do you call it ? |
| 17 | Davey sends something every month but he 's got his own family to support so he ca n't afford much . |
| 18 | The hon. Member for Dagenham was not there , so he can not comment on it . |
| 19 | To the Russians he will always be a traitor and therefore suspect and under surveillance in case he tries to re-defect so he can not leave Russia , his letters will be censored , and telephone calls bugged . |
| 20 | ‘ You know , Comrade Andropov is getting ready for the Party Congress , so he can not receive you at the moment , but you can make a detailed written statement of everything , saying who it is you suspect , and so on and so forth ’ . |
| 21 | Though , to be sure , he has not red hair , so he can not plead that excuse . |