Example sentences of "can n't [verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It just shows you ca n't assume everyone will know what Shakespeare looks like . |
| 2 | ‘ Ca n't think what would happen to the shop if I take one day off . ’ |
| 3 | I ca n't think what can have happened to my uncle . ’ |
| 4 | I ca n't think anybody would have more . |
| 5 | Even if she were , I ca n't think she 'd want to talk to you . ’ |
| 6 | They have managed to sell some of the statues though I ca n't think who 'd want to buy them . |
| 7 | Ca n't think who 'd like that … |
| 8 | Mason Colley has been … approaching me these six weeks , and now I 'm settled in my own mind , I ca n't think you 'll stand in the way ? ’ |
| 9 | I would n't think so , I ca n't think you 'll get through ten cartridges myself , that seems rather excessive . |
| 10 | ‘ Ca n't think you 'd pay a penny to see mine , ’ said Joe . |
| 11 | ‘ You ca n't think I 'd stoop to that ! ’ he said savagely . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't think anyone would have an adverse word to say about him , he was always so polite , considerate and caring to others , ’ Mr Ivory said . |
| 13 | I ca n't bear you should risk all your future prospects for so unworthy a creature . |
| 14 | She ca n't spend all day monitoring my blood sugar and giving me my thyroid medicine , and if I ca n't paint I shall go mad ! ’ |
| 15 | I ca n't sing I 'd embarrass myself . |
| 16 | Erm but if you ca n't sleep you could put a little bit on a hankie on your pillow or rub a little bit on your chest , and it 'll help to erm make you sleep . |
| 17 | I ca n't see you 'll have to pick it up and show me I 'm not climbing over the chair to look show me . |
| 18 | Even if he was , I ca n't see he could get that flush driving loads of irons and heaters up to Leeds and Scotland a couple of times a week . |
| 19 | I ca n't see anyone can disagree with the objection |
| 20 | We ca n't know what would have happened if it had tried something else , nor ( and this is important ) what would have happened if someone else had tried the original solution . |
| 21 | Ca n't guarantee we 'll meet it at Stonebench though . ’ |
| 22 | It usually works , but I ca n't guarantee it will work on your machine because it depends on how your PC is set up . |
| 23 | That 's why I ca n't promise I 'll take the mature , adult , philosophical approach , should my present partner stray . |
| 24 | No , well like I have n't learnt it , I ca n't play I can play up to a certain bit in the start and then I can play the rest of it like , it 's just one I ca n't get it 's just real annoying , I have the at the right pitch and I just |
| 25 | We ca n't say now , now , now we can give you these new services and we ca n't say we will give you the services as , as we 're just promising . |
| 26 | ‘ Ca n't say I 'll mind , ’ she went on . |
| 27 | ‘ There are one or two people who claim that they now remember hints dropped by Kim Philby , but I ca n't say I can remember anything at all . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Ca n't say I 'd like to go through lifewith a name like that . |
| 29 | Ca n't say I 'd like to live next to a bakery . |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't say it will create more deals . |