Example sentences of "we can " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't see why we ca n't have a proper meal after a do . |
| 2 | ‘ We ca n't work out how he could have killed his wife while he was sitting at the opposite end of the table , ’ said Constable Bewman näively . |
| 3 | Look at all this new technology there is around now , and then tell me we ca n't afford to give everyone a proper home . |
| 4 | ‘ Come on , Miss Dyke , ’ said Jamie , ‘ let's have a ripalong-a-Lucy session and see if we ca n't shoosh you m-to a better frame of mind . |
| 5 | ‘ No — we ca n't . ’ |
| 6 | And we ca n't light a fire , the chimney has n't been swept . ’ |
| 7 | We ca n't . |
| 8 | And here the manuscript fragment ends , so we ca n't tell how much work lies behind such simple touches as Stepan 's fear that ‘ they ’ will flog him . |
| 9 | We ca n't win but we must keep trying . |
| 10 | Even so , the world that we have to enter — the world of the solidly professional bourgeoisie and minor gentry of pre-1914 England — is so remote from us , so exotic , that we ca n't always keep our bearings . |
| 11 | We ca n't do anything we want within the group . ’ |
| 12 | It is hypocritical that we praise Gorbachev and perestroika , praise what is happening in Poland and Hungary , when we ca n't even amend basic policy . ’ |
| 13 | We ca n't be credible in that great human crusade if we ca n't face the real challenge of getting rid of British nuclear weapons . ’ |
| 14 | We ca n't be credible in that great human crusade if we ca n't face the real challenge of getting rid of British nuclear weapons . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The basic problem is that everything has been pushed out , and we ca n't see the light at the end of the tunnel , which is bad for shares . |
| 16 | ‘ We ca n't faff around forever , ’ he said . |
| 17 | What the management has to learn is that we ca n't be mucked about . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ And if we ca n't fully enjoy the place there 's not much point in keeping it . |
| 19 | ‘ It is something we ca n't tolerate . |
| 20 | ‘ We ca n't just cut off our nose to spite our face , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ We ca n't accept those ideas , but there are other ideas to discuss and we will put them forward , ’ he said . |
| 22 | We ca n't sit here all day ! ’ |
| 23 | In the towns they drink wine and liqueurs , but we ca n't do that in the villages … the result is that the gents can drink , but it 's forbidden to the lower classes . ’ |
| 24 | Frequently there is no contact number , so even if we like the music , we ca n't do much about it . |
| 25 | But we ca n't settle . |
| 26 | The government 's early arguments that ‘ we ca n't afford it ’ are less persuasive with the budget surplus accumulated in 1987 and 1988 and claims that tax cuts are better than greater state spending on social and health services have found fewer takers among the public ( see below p. 297 ) . |
| 27 | Well , we ca n't be a service economy because that does n't actually make anything . ’ |
| 28 | We ca n't get you better on our own . ’ |
| 29 | Anyhow we ca n't wait much longer . ’ |
| 30 | We ca n't wait about like this any longer . |