Example sentences of "i ca [not/n't] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps radio will allow me to play all the unsuitable roles that I ca n't do visually in the theatre , where it 's just the voice and the character . |
| 2 | I ca n't do a thing with my carrots |
| 3 | Some usherettes could n't carry the icecream trays : ‘ I ca n't do it , Mr Norden , I come over funny if I walk backwards . ’ |
| 4 | I was only seventeen and the girl would say , ‘ I ca n't do the ice creams today , it 's my time of month . ’ |
| 5 | Ten days later she 'd say , ‘ I ca n't do it , it 's my time of month . ’ |
| 6 | Well , Malcolm , I said I ca n't do this any more , it 's quite obvious . |
| 7 | But I ca n't do it — all I can think about is Marie 's face . |
| 8 | I 'm crying a bit as I try and stick the pieces together , but I ca n't do it so I just leave them on the floor and sit back in the chair . |
| 9 | Sometimes I get embarrassed if I ca n't do summat on my own . |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't do it , ’ he thought . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't do that thing on Saturday ‘ ’ he said apologetically to Tim Reagan , who , having sacrificed one of his staff in the arrangement , was mildly suggesting a reciprocal deal . |
| 12 | ‘ If I get unhealthy because I ca n't do any sit-ups , ’ he told Gina , ‘ it 's all your fault . |
| 13 | — I ca n't do much about him vandalizing the kiosk , or Madge 's place . |
| 14 | She snapped , ‘ I ca n't do with that . ’ |
| 15 | John Culshaw tells of your listening to de Sabata 's recording of Tosca and saying , ‘ No , he 's right but I ca n't do it . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't do business here , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I kept you here for as long as I could but I ca n't do that anymore . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Marjorie , I 've got to talk to you about this business , but I ca n't do it now . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't do that . |
| 20 | But I 've got the sense to know what I ca n't do . |
| 21 | I told you last night , George , I ca n't do more than merely agree . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't do what I want in my room alone . |
| 23 | A London postman 's daughter whose grandmother lived next door remembers how the old lady ‘ used to pass one or two little bits and pieces over to us , but she used to say to mother , ‘ I ca n't do much for the grandchildren because we have no pension at the end . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't do without you either , Irina . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't do it any more . ’ |
| 26 | A test paper which she should have found easy was turned in uncompleted , with ‘ I ca n't do this , sorry , ’ scrawled at the foot of the page . |
| 27 | I have to have the full eight hours or I ca n't do a thing the next morning , not a single thing . |
| 28 | I ca n't do that . |
| 29 | I ca n't do it properly . |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't do anything else , Bob , ’ Howard said quietly , ‘ except sit here on my tod , as you put it . |