Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I ca n't sit back and let Liz get on with it . ’ |
| 32 | And he ca n't sit quietly and talk to people now . |
| 33 | ‘ No , ’ she said , ‘ I ca n't sit in the kitchen . |
| 34 | I ca n't sit and watch television , I ca n't knit . |
| 35 | ‘ I 'm aware of that , but I ca n't sit here and await their pleasure . |
| 36 | But seriously , folks , we ca n't sit around here all day entertaining the troops , there 's a war to be won . |
| 37 | You ca n't sit around for ever . |
| 38 | ‘ I ca n't sit through a whole film without a cigarette . ’ |
| 39 | You know if this was my business , I would have budgeted for this amount of advertising to be ab I mean you ca n't sit it by getting at home er you ca n't get it by sitting at home . |
| 40 | Mr you see various people are giving evidence , and Mr wants to ask the right person , certain questions , namely the person who er devised those words and er you are er somebody in a very important position er and er he 's trying to get it from you , and as he 's pointed out to you a company ca n't sit down and produce in some corporate way a phrase someone or two human beings or more have got to do it and he wants to know if you can help us er who , who that was , that 's , that 's all you see , he does n't want to ask you about it , no doubt er , er in the same way as he 'd want to ask a person that actually devised a word , d' ya see ? |
| 41 | ‘ I ca n't sit still for long any more and I get bored quickly , ’ he says . |
| 42 | Oh you ca n't sit down , do you want another one ? |
| 43 | Because usually you go off to a restaurant and if there 's twenty of you you ca n't sit together can you ? |
| 44 | You ca n't sit any money . |
| 45 | No Clayton you ca n't sit there . |
| 46 | erm , well it just , it just , you know , with her , I mean , she ca n't sit still , I mean to have , I mean I , the last four Saturdays , admittedly I have n't been well , but I 've just been totally indoors sewing . |
| 47 | She said she ca n't sit down , ca n't stand up . |
| 48 | I ca n't sit under there . |
| 49 | Yes , yes well we ca n't talk you see , we do n't know , we do n't know what 's happening , but she 's been suffering a lot with her back just now and she put that off you know that because she 's not attending the meetings , she ca n't sit , and if she comes to the meetings she ca n't sit down , she stands up , props herself against the wall and stand up right at the back so , we do n't know you see |
| 50 | Yes , yes well we ca n't talk you see , we do n't know , we do n't know what 's happening , but she 's been suffering a lot with her back just now and she put that off you know that because she 's not attending the meetings , she ca n't sit , and if she comes to the meetings she ca n't sit down , she stands up , props herself against the wall and stand up right at the back so , we do n't know you see |
| 51 | We bought these two sloping chairs right and Tony , where our seats were there was a big light in the ceiling , a big round light there , and it shone straight in the side of me eye I said we ca n't sit here . |
| 52 | I ca n't sit on seat . |
| 53 | No because that chair is there she ca n't sit comfortable , hair dryer 's sitting behind . |
| 54 | Come on then , you ca n't sit back there , ooh oh you wan na stand up then , come on then , come on ooh , go on then , we 'll go and see daddy , come on then come on then , come on then , come on move it move it , come on move your foot , over there I think come on then , come on , oh rrrm , rrrm , rrrm , rrrm , rrrm , who 's that ? |
| 55 | I mean it 's , it 's general I suppose I mean if it would be better to switch it on and off which you can do and er , you know , I mean we ca n't sit here continually talking |
| 56 | I 'm sorry , I 'm not going to tell you what to do because you are under test , I ca n't sit down and say do this , do that , you 've got to make a decision yourself to go for it . |
| 57 | ca n't sit in |
| 58 | We ca n't sit on the stage cos there 's crap raggers on the stage . |
| 59 | Yeah you ca n't , I mean you ca n't sit there being an immature little |
| 60 | you , you ca n't sit on the bed |