Example sentences of "[noun prp] can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andy ca n't sleep . |
| 2 | Andy ca n't read . |
| 3 | That 's one reason children in the United States ca n't vote , they ca n't buy alcohol and ca n't stand for election . |
| 4 | So now Marie 's got to go into hospital and have this done , do n't know if she 'll be out on time and er anyway and so they , you know , she said we 've only got to face it mum , so she said well we ca n't come cos Marie ca n't face it I said they all went and got |
| 5 | TRAGIC LUCY CA N'T GO TO SCHOOL WITH PALS |
| 6 | Mister Johnny ca n't bear to be teased , really ca n't bear it ] It sends him into a terrible rage . |
| 7 | Cliff Richard ca n't do this , what are you worrying about ? worship song . |
| 8 | David Elias ca n't move for books and encyclopedias at his home in Nottingham . |
| 9 | David Elias ca n't move for books and encyclopedias at his home in Nottingham . |
| 10 | Gazza ca n't wait to get in the action . |
| 11 | Maradona , who inspired Napoli to two Italian championship triumphs , needed only one word to describe the goal which Gazza ca n't remember because of illness . |
| 12 | Texas ca n't recall when he last drank milk . |
| 13 | And West German drivers in their posh BMWs and Mercedes ca n't cope with the poor quality roads in the East — and damage their cars in potholes . |
| 14 | But if I 'm right about what it takes to tell the truth , Pooh ca n't tell anyone that there 's honey there without first becoming aware of having that belief . |
| 15 | But you see Penny ca n't Penny ca n't accept that she 'll say |
| 16 | Mollie ca n't believe her new shape and tells me that her colleagues ca n't get over the transformation either . |
| 17 | ‘ Hyacinth ca n't walk , she fall down on the road , Mada Joyce , come quick ! ’ |
| 18 | No Madge ca n't see . |
| 19 | Ann ca n't control her can she ? |
| 20 | ‘ Dana ca n't know about your sister ; if she did she would insist Garry return to his wife , ’ she said as sincerely as she could . |
| 21 | And Ian Wright ca n't play for erm England any more . |
| 22 | Gazza can not wait to be one of them again . |
| 23 | Like Trolls , Grom can not regenerate wounds suffered from flames or burning . |
| 24 | ‘ Mr Lang can not expect co-operation or tolerance unless policies change and Downing Street shows a genuine willingness to respond to the Scottish people . ’ |
| 25 | Ian Lang can not remain complacently sitting on his hands in the face of an economic crisis which is damaging all our communities and condemning more than 80,000 Scots to long-term unemployment , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Thus , Pace argues , Corbett can not serve as the authority on which Parker J. wished to rely in Tan . |
| 27 | Ari can not breathe . |
| 28 | It is rare in British industry for a designer to become the head of such a large business , and Conran can sometimes appear defensive about the unusual position in which he finds himself . |
| 29 | Certainly from the rapturous reception when he walked on court and the sympathetic response after a performance containing too many embarrassingly bad moments , Borg can rightly claim that people still want to see him play . |
| 30 | Word processors such as Microsoft Word , Samna IV , Wordcraft and WordPerfect can certainly drive page printers but that 's just about the limit of their desktop publishing capabilities . |