Example sentences of "[pron] ca [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | someone ca n't get hold of you . |
| 2 | ‘ There 's a specific legal arrangement where Roma and I ca n't outvote Enya on any decision , ’ says Nicky . |
| 3 | I ca n't smell petrol , and I 'm pretty certain she 'd have blown already if she was going to , but I 'm not prepared to take the chance . |
| 4 | I do nt think so Steve , I 've just had mail from the postmaster at Oxford telling me I ca n't send mail , and to subscribe to the list ! ! |
| 5 | I ca n't bother Madame Gebrec this evening , she 's far too upset . |
| 6 | ‘ I am a coach , but I ca n't coach people sitting on a bus , a train or an aeroplane . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't pay John any bigger compliment — to be underground for that length of time . |
| 8 | Providing you resist , this can in itself provide useful learning opportunities : " I 'm not in charge ; I ca n't make decisions for you . " |
| 9 | As I live in Liverpool , I ca n't make Elland Road , but I would be able to go to Anfield . |
| 10 | I ca n't make head or tail — ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Look , ’ the superintendent said , ‘ I only just came on and I ca n't make head nor tail of this . |
| 12 | I ca n't make head nor tail of it . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't make head or tail of it . ’ |
| 14 | In most varieties of British English , you know what I mean ? and you know ? are used by parties in a conversation to elicit agreement , as in the following ( made up ) example : ( 1 ) A : I ca n't make head nor tail of this , you know what I mean ? |
| 15 | B 's possible responses listed above , while overtly responding to the question " you know what I mean ? " are actually heard by parties to the conversation as supporting A's proposition , " I ca n't make head nor tail of this " . |
| 16 | They 've said well I ca n't make head or tail of it . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't make plans , ’ he said sharply . |
| 18 | I ca n't make money grow . ’ |
| 19 | But I ca n't make sense of it . ’ |
| 20 | Then I had to come back — and into this — and do you know — ’ ( he leant towards her ) ‘ even now I close my eyes and think of her , otherwise I ca n't make love — ’ He was still living on that charmed island of experience in the past . |
| 21 | I ca n't make love to you the way I want to — not here . |
| 22 | His green eyes pools of limpid clarity and wholly deceptive depth , but his swift grin wicked , Michele replied provocatively , ‘ I ca n't make love to a housekeeper or beat her into submission the way I could a wife , and , as I prefer my domestic arrangements to run without a hitch , I have to tread circumspectly . ’ |
| 23 | I ca n't make Yorkshire pudding like Myra 's , you know . ’ |
| 24 | He said erm I ca , I ca n't make arrangements much in advance because I never know how I 'm feeling . |
| 25 | ‘ I told you , ’ Ruth said hoarsely , turning her head away , ‘ I ca n't make magic . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't want no bloody I ca n't spell Dave . |
| 27 | Well usually cos I got my feet up on a bench and I ca n't reach keyboard so |
| 28 | ‘ I feel sometimes that I ca n't reach Faustina as I 've reached other cats . |
| 29 | I 've just had terrible news and I ca n't reach Sandy . |
| 30 | I ca n't bear Mrs Howard to go . |