Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But manager Howard Wilkinson 's hopes that Batty would be available to spark a revival at Elland Road were dashed yesterday when the player said : ‘ I ca n't set a comeback date and if things do n't improve soon I 'll have to see a specialist . ’ |
| 2 | She said : ‘ I ca n't sing a note . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't sing a note . |
| 4 | When the time comes an' I ca n't lift a hundredweight of sugar or me old black pan , then it 'll be time for me to retire upstairs for good . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Neither do I , ’ he said gently , ‘ but I ca n't make a living tipping horses . ’ |
| 6 | While I ca n't give a cause of death at this stage , I can say the dead man had suffered a number of lacerations about his face and body and a stab wound to his side . |
| 7 | When I am happy , I ca n't give a rat 's arse about anything else ! ) |
| 8 | I ca n't give a set of specific criteria . |
| 9 | I I 'm happy to serve as long as it is n't you know , I mean I I ca n't give a lot of time because er my time 's so committed . |
| 10 | Yeah , well I 'm a bit like that , I ca n't wear a jumper because I , I and yet years ago I always used to wear |
| 11 | Well I ca n't wear a wedding ring now , it , just cos it 's so wide , it 's a really wide one . |
| 12 | I 'd love to be back in Bishop Auckland just now , if only for the gossip , but I ca n't do a day 's canvassing and sometimes feel a bit of a passenger . |
| 13 | I ca n't do a thing with my carrots |
| 14 | I have to have the full eight hours or I ca n't do a thing the next morning , not a single thing . |
| 15 | Q My son is nine and I can honestly say I ca n't do a thing with him . |
| 16 | Come on man , I 've got Come with a nice young lady , intelligent In a cardboard box , informer lick your boom boom there lick your boom boom there with my dibby , dibby dob , police knock my door , they shout my crib , rough me up and I ca n't do a thing , pick up the when the telephone ring informer . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't do a riding turn , darling , ’ said his wife . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't marry a man who expects me to love him . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't marry a man who hates me — ’ her voice wobbled dangerously but she quickly brought it back under control ‘ — who believes me to be a traitor , without a single question or … or … ’ |
| 20 | Well I ca n't hold a conversation on my own . |
| 21 | But I ca n't alter a film that 's — what 's the expression — already in the can . |
| 22 | When I 'm happy I eat , when I 'm sad I ca n't swallow a crumb . ’ |
| 23 | I ca n't go a week with no money ! |
| 24 | I ca n't twirl a baton |
| 25 | ROS : ( Panic ) I ca n't feel a thing ! |
| 26 | She knows I ca n't refuse a spirit wife , and on balance she prefers that I fuck Avavnuk rather than have affairs with ordinary women . |
| 27 | I ca n't picture a farmer on a picnic . |
| 28 | I ca n't fit a cooker hood in my kitchen so can you give me some advice on extractors ? |
| 29 | I 'll have a look , but I 've had him doing actual words , like first words er , you know erm , Ben and large and in and out and just the , the easy words and Luke and his own name , so he is already got the idea that when you write a letter you ca n't just write any letter , you 've got to make letters say something either as erm , as an alphabet or in the form of words , so of course she says to , would you all like to write me a sentence , well he 's already passed that stage , he thinks himself well I ca n't write a sentence , what he knows as a sentence consists of words that make sense , so they 're all sitting there going a N , N , N , Q , R , S , N , T , T , and they 're saying a sentence like I went to the shops with my nanny , well Alex has already passed that stage , he knows that that is n't sensible , so he must of turned to her and he said , I ca n't write like that , my mummy will shout at me |
| 30 | I love you , and I ca n't imagine a life where you are n't the centre of it . ’ |