Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [not/n't] be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , which means I ca n't be fired without a great deal of hassle , er , but , I er , er , the kind of the down-side is I have to go to the office occasionally . |
| 2 | I ca n't be dealing with all |
| 3 | I ca n't be hamstrung by sentiment . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't be seen with a megaphone . ’ |
| 5 | At least I ca n't be done for being drunk in charge of a setter . ’ |
| 6 | It does n't mean that I ca n't be transmogrified beyond the human to another plane to find the Real Me ! ’ |
| 7 | But that does n't mean to say that I ca n't be absolved of that . |
| 8 | Although the garden is not arranged to a precise colour scheme , Connie has strong views on colour , ‘ I ca n't be doing with strong , deep reds so I use them only in moderation . ’ |
| 9 | I ca n't be doing with it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Not that I ca n't be doing with this now . ’ |
| 11 | Me , I ca n't be doing with all that . |
| 12 | I ca n't be doing with white bread now ! |
| 13 | Yeah but I ca n't be doing with it |
| 14 | I ca n't be doing with that |
| 15 | he 's a real old woman , urgh , I ca n't be doing with him |
| 16 | I use these three then I 'll put my thingies in cos I ca n't be bothered to erm change . |
| 17 | I ca n't be bothered with gym or PE . |
| 18 | ‘ About two-thirds of the way through her leaving year , she said : ‘ Look , I ca n't be bothered with this . |
| 19 | ‘ I had them on one night at the South Bank Poly and I just thought to myself , ‘ I ca n't be bothered with this , I really ca n't ’ . |
| 20 | I 've reached a stage where I ca n't be bothered with a lot of these guys , but if I rule out the ones who take drugs from my circle of friends I will be left with literally no one to socialise with . |
| 21 | I ca n't be bothered with that just there . |
| 22 | I ca n't be bothered with |
| 23 | I do n't usa , I mean , I ca n't be bothered with them . |
| 24 | But I 've become scruffier and scruffier , and although I do keep myself immaculately clean , I ca n't be bothered about my clothes any more . |
| 25 | It 's the thought of shampooing it that I ca n't be bothered about . |
| 26 | I ca n't be blamed for that . |
| 27 | Of course I did n't realize at the time just how deep I 'd get in and I ca n't be blamed for not seeing what would happen in the end . |
| 28 | The topmost foliage is taller than me and the growth is so dense I can not be seen from the lawn as I dig into the muddy trench which forms an oasis round the stem . |
| 29 | I have discharged my duty , she thought , I can not be troubled by my conscience in that respect . |
| 30 | I can not be mistaken about perceiving something as , say , a cigarette case , because in saying , ‘ It looks like a cigarette case ’ I am not saying that there is an appearance which is a cigarette case . |