Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [adv] [vb infin] [art] [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 | ‘ Where is he ? ’ she said practically , and then , ‘ Oh , shoot , I ca n't send the boy ; he 's broken his arm today . ’ |
| 3 | It 's good for a direct amp-type sound ; I ca n't crank an amplifier up here that loud , so to get a good sound I might as well put it straight into the desk . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't open the gate with you standing there . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't open the door . |
| 6 | I ca n't open the door of the canteen … |
| 7 | I ca n't cos I ca n't open the door . |
| 8 | I ca n't replace them , I ca n't rent out rooms and I ca n't pay the mortgage . |
| 9 | She said : ‘ I ca n't sing a note . |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't sing a note . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Neither do I , ’ he said gently , ‘ but I ca n't make a living tipping horses . ’ |
| 13 | Oh I 'll do n't know I pastry , I ca n't do that , I can do the rest but I ca n't make the pastry . |
| 14 | I ca n't make the machine go any bloody quicker , well I can , but I so what 's the point in that come and have a look at it and then they said come back and do it when you on the skin , you know the skin bring it forward well it do n't go back , it just gets all tangled . |
| 15 | I ca n't make the East Mainland very well . |
| 16 | ‘ I want to keep playing well , and if I ca n't make the team then I want to be in a position to give myself a real chance in America in two years time . ’ |
| 17 | I ca n't make the appointment . |
| 18 | I ca n't make the appointment . |
| 19 | ‘ In very strong winds I ca n't prevent the sail from lifting me out of the water . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | When I am happy , I ca n't give a rat 's arse about anything else ! ) |
| 22 | I ca n't give a set of specific criteria . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't give an answer . |
| 25 | But it is an option that I certainly would n't want to discount at this particular er stage erm because it depends on so many er factors , it depends for example whether er the site that er has been identified for up to two thousand and six , and which is developed up to two thousand and six , has the physical capacity to expand beyond two thousand and six , and I think that that ought to be one of the considerations perhaps that we ought to look at as we move towards the identification erm er of the new settlement , conversely , it could well be that ought to be looking at a second new settlement in a different location , erm I ca n't give an answer , a definitive answer , what I can say is , coming back again er to Mr Brook , this sort of issue er will not be picked up in nineteen eighty eight or nineteen eighty nine , er if we are all alive and kicking in North Yorkshire and the District Councils we will be looking at it regularly , we 'll be looking at it in two years time , one years time , erm erm that 's the way we work in Greater York , and it 's basically worked very successfully . |
| 26 | But I ca n't reach the window by myself . |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't reach the top . |
| 28 | I 'm sorry , I know you think I 'm old-fashioned , but I ca n't bear the thought of you not marrying in church — not having God 's blessing upon the pair of you . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't bear the thought of sitting here watching him . |
| 30 | I ca n't bear the thought of Batty playing against Leeds . |