Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miracle Squares I think there 's a lot of thought gone into it you know , it ca n't be easy to re er to , to just dream up a game erm , I like the one about you go to the last supper and the waiter spills soup on your trousers , the waiter , ha tell you else about the Marx brothers an'all , the waiter is er the king of Snowdonia and it 's Groucho Marx , the , they 've got this massive hall , and er these big steps leading down into it you know and as , as they 're coming in there 's somebody at the top and Ann says who 's , who 's walking in and they walk down the stairs you know and Mr and Mrs and the king has you know and he says oh the king Snowdonia is about to arrive , he should be here any minute now , he should be here dead on this time you know , he gets these big fanfare trumpets up da , da , da , da , the king of Snowdonia , and there 's nothing and all of a sudden it flashes to Groucho Marx and then he 's in bed with |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it ca n't be easy for any of them . |
| 3 | ‘ May I say , Mrs Sutherland , that I understand it ca n't be easy for you ? |
| 4 | I rang Tony and said , ‘ You really ca n't be serious about not wanting to record this song . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You ca n't be serious about going on with this , ’ Rosheen protested . |
| 6 | ‘ You ca n't be serious about this . ’ |
| 7 | New York ca n't be serious about this . |
| 8 | Battle ‘ You ca n't be disappointed by a run like that , ’ said the jockey after User Friendly 's head-to-head battle with Subotica had gone so narrowly the wrong way for her army of fans . |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't be late for work , ’ Richard said . |
| 10 | ‘ Ca n't be late for my last day with the Forestry . |
| 11 | George and Marie simply ca n't be present at both establishments all the time : they have to appoint unit managers , set them clear targets and perhaps adopt more ‘ functional ’ roles themselves . |
| 12 | Ca n't be many about like that . ’ |
| 13 | Yes I imagine it would be , because it 's er , there ca n't be many of them made . |
| 14 | ‘ There ca n't be many in Cartier who know trams . |
| 15 | This ca n't be good for him , thought Denis , and he remembered the story he had read of an old man in England , although younger than Uncle Mick was now , who lined up to receive the very first old age pension ever issued in England and dropped down dead as soon as his money was passed over the counter to him . |
| 16 | This would only make for higher scores which ca n't be good for the game . |
| 17 | Darling , that ca n't be good for you . |
| 18 | Being so uptight all the while ca n't be good for you . |
| 19 | It ca n't be good for you surely , to — ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Apart from burn-out , working such long hours ca n't be good for you . |
| 21 | It ca n't be good for morale coming at the beginning of the school holidays . |
| 22 | and erm , it ca n't be good for your health |
| 23 | C.Z. is an expert , if self-effacing gardener , ‘ But my god , you ca n't be good at everything . |
| 24 | We ca n't be credible in that great human crusade if we ca n't face the real challenge of getting rid of British nuclear weapons . ’ |
| 25 | It ca n't be much for sixteen . |
| 26 | Now it looks as if not all of that will be called , but we ca n't be sure at this stage . |
| 27 | ‘ We ca n't be sure of that yet , Angela , ’ said her mummy , coming into the room . |
| 28 | And if we ca n't be sure of preventing our children from trying things , then we 'd better be sure how we can live with their experimentation , and how we can help them limit the damage . |
| 29 | I ca n't be sure of the date of the next Parish Council meeting till after the meeting on Thursday 21st Jan. but there probably wo n't be a meeting in February . |
| 30 | ‘ We ca n't be sure of that , ’ said Owen cautiously . |