Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | His ca n't be traced because he does n't have a licence for it . ’ |
| 2 | I ca n't be sure . |
| 3 | But I ca n't be a tourist forever . ’ |
| 4 | This is the world of the underground man 's eruptive and unexplained ‘ They wo n't let me — I ca n't be — good ’ ; which world is itself continuous with that of the pre-Siberian stories , particularly The Double where Dostoevsky says he found his underground type . |
| 5 | I ca n't bring them here although I 'd like to , and I ca n't be with them safely . |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't be late , ’ said Hermione dutifully , ‘ I really have got that gruesome geography project to hand in . |
| 7 | It is perishing in the tent , but I ca n't be bothered to dress — it will only take a moment , I tell myself . |
| 8 | My ambition is to have a different look each day so that I ca n't be labelled . ’ |
| 9 | I ca n't be perfect . ’ |
| 10 | I ca n't be perfect . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't be your baby ! |
| 12 | ‘ You must see why I ca n't be awfully impressed . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | Since I look , in my grandma 's words , ‘ bonny ’ , surely I ca n't be ill ? |
| 15 | Janet 's bedroom is painted pink , which she says is ‘ how it 's always been , I ca n't be bothered to repaint it ’ . |
| 16 | Once , this woman from an agency stopped me in the street and offered me a job and I travelled to Manchester to her agency , but they said : you 'd need to lose a few pounds , and get rid of this spot , and things like that ; and I thought : I ca n't be bothered . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The feeling of being ‘ disabled ’ — I feel that more when I 'm forced into situations where I ca n't be myself . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't be bothered , ’ Harry said in his easy-going way . |
| 20 | But whatever the case , and despite the fact that she bores me to stupefaction , I ca n't be unkind to her . ’ |
| 21 | I ca n't be doing with it . ’ |
| 22 | Seeing it on the noticeboard at the workhouse made me think … but I ca n't be sure any more . |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't be seen with a megaphone . ’ |
| 24 | I ca n't be bothered with gym or PE . |
| 25 | That I ca n't be , |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't be that until their bodies are found . |
| 27 | I ca n't be blamed for that . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , ’ he said disarmingly , ‘ I may be the devil , but I do n't drink and I 've been married to the same woman for 40 years , so I ca n't be that bad . ’ |
| 29 | You want me to be angry , which I ca n't be , and then to be soothing , which I can be . |
| 30 | I ca n't be sure ; I think it was a combination of events . |