Example sentences of "she ca [adv] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh she ca n't tell a joke save her conkers . |
| 2 | She ca n't make a living with it . |
| 3 | She ca n't make a commitment . |
| 4 | So and she ca I do n't know whether you noticed or she ca n't make a cup of coffee without spilling it . |
| 5 | Why then do I remain seated for Sally Field , in soft focus , gulping back emotion , Sigourney Weaver groping for emotion — any emotion — and Kathleen Turner proving once again that she ca n't open a fridge door without flexing a buttock . |
| 6 | Still , you 'd have to say she ca n't cook a meatloaf . |
| 7 | ‘ She knows she ca n't manage a saucer ! ’ thought Marie . |
| 8 | She ca n't do a thing around the house . |
| 9 | She ca n't do a thing about it . ’ |
| 10 | She ca n't take a share in child-care . |
| 11 | It 's worth trying , could , just because she ca n't take a lemon it does n't mean you ca n't take a lemon , |
| 12 | Mum said how about renting one in Wisbech but I said well if she ca n't afford a mortgage you ca n't afford to rent one . |
| 13 | Here , too , to call a woman ‘ barren ’ , or even ‘ childless ’ , implies that — whether she ca n't have a child or simply does n't want one — she is somehow wrong and unnatural . |