Example sentences of "you can " in BNC.
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| 1 | YOU CA N'T CATCH HIV IN ANY OF THESE WAYS : |
| 2 | You ca n't look your family in the eye . |
| 3 | Your gut can get infected , so you ca n't absorb the goodness in your food . |
| 4 | YOU CA N'T PROVIDE HOMECARE TO THE HOMELESS |
| 5 | You ca n't imagine what it 's like not to know what it is to meet an attractive person who 's also attracted to you , can you ? |
| 6 | But when you are looking for a suitable speech you ca n't really reject anything familiar solely because you think it might bore the panel . |
| 7 | Reading around for background to Shakespeare is valuable , and you ca n't do better than begin with the Harley Granville Barker 's Prefaces to Shakespeare , which analyse the plays from both a scholarly and dramatic angle , without being ponderously academic . |
| 8 | He gives an example about lifting a heavy weight and doing a multiplication sum at the same time and says you ca n't do it . |
| 9 | You ca n't possibly hope to get that in your early days as a student . |
| 10 | The VAT returns for the last quarter are due in , and that big ( very profitable ) convention which took over the hotel for three weeks last year is imminent but you ca n't get at your data . |
| 11 | The Direct Tableware Company sales director Roger Young agrees that it will be next spring before any real growth in catering occurs , but he thinks there might be a slight upturn next month in the top-up business : ‘ It 's heading for the busy time and you ca n't serve customers without knives and forks . ’ |
| 12 | You ca n't go to your stuffy old church today . |
| 13 | If we do n't , although now you get the estate you ca n't , of course , inherit the title . ’ |
| 14 | These Italians , you ca n't trust them , you know . |
| 15 | ‘ You ca n't do that there here , I 'm afraid , ’ said Bramble affably . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've told you before — if you want to keep your place at the vicarage , you ca n't go around saying such unchristian things . |
| 17 | ‘ Considering the Council is planning to close down the Library because you ca n't keep track of things properly . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You ca n't do that . ’ |
| 19 | But of course you ca n't just go by character . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ No , you ca n't ! ’ said Thomas , coming back through the baize door positively pink with self-importance . |
| 21 | ‘ You ca n't be too careful with a really crusty port , ’ said Henry . |
| 22 | The problem is you ca n't accept that fact . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , but you ca n't pick and choose now . |
| 24 | You ca n't imagine how much of a help you 've been to me . |
| 25 | Look , you do n't need to worry about it — at your age the council will give you something if you ca n't find anything yourself … |
| 26 | ‘ Well , why not leave the keys with us and then if you ca n't get away , you can perhaps come back here — or if everything goes OK we 'll use it as a playroom or something . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Well you ca n't stay here , love , we 're closing . ’ |
| 28 | I wo n't be offended if you ca n't make it . ’ |
| 29 | You ca n't really tell without seeing it , though . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You ca n't avoid it , dear . ’ |