Example sentences of "can [not/n't] go " in BNC.

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1 In his note he asked for medical help — some vitamins , eye-drops , ‘ as I ca n't go out ’ — and for some money .
2 Literary , second-sighted , sick , she holds out a hand to him : he clasps it , but then decides he ca n't go on .
3 Pretends he ca n't go anywhere alone and this is a chance for Tony to get some time to himself .
4 That 's why I ca n't go on with it .
5 You ca n't go to your stuffy old church today .
6 ‘ 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 .
7 After all , we have been reaping rewards from the vegetable garden for months : the soil ca n't go on and on providing if its own storehouse is not replenished .
8 Jay said : ‘ I do n't know what I 'm doing , it 's never been this way before , ca n't go on anything else , but this time I 'm not going to fuck up . ’
9 However , if you find you ca n't go the full period at this heart-rate , then lower the work intensity to reduce the pulse rate until you can last out .
10 I ca n't go into the particulars but whatever could take place between boys and girls squeedged into one bed , did take place and in the midst of the others .
11 Dogs ca n't go in eating areas , and it 's preferred that they do n't climb all over furniture in sitting rooms , but there 's a good acre or 27 of space for romping and rambling .
12 ‘ This ca n't go on much longer , ’ the Poles hopefully assured the Germans .
13 This ca n't go on .
14 Like , say they 've been out on a run and there 's a call , they say they ca n't go out because they 're not in uniform and are all sweaty ’ ( FN 26/5/87 , p. 27 ) .
15 I agree she has to learn , I agree she ca n't go on like this , but it is n't naughtiness .
16 They ca n't go on making the same widget day after day .
17 You ca n't go on like this .
18 She ca n't go and leave me .
19 He said I ca n't go on living here , not on my own like .
20 ‘ I really ca n't go through the day feeling like this . ’
21 ‘ Back , ’ she directed , ‘ further back — much further back — back until you ca n't go any further , until you feel your chest is going to split in two . ’
22 It 's difficult to keep in touch with friends and I know I ca n't go wild socially .
23 It 's difficult to keep in touch with friends and I know I ca n't go wild socially .
24 ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’
25 ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’
26 You ca n't go into the recording studio and be Joe Bloggs .
27 The Governor of Kenya , Sir Evelyn Baring , was able to reassure the settlers by saying that ‘ Kenya ca n't go independent because it is a fortress colony . '
28 As Lorelei Lee said immemorably in Diamonds Are a Girl 's Best Friend , a girl ca n't go on laughing all the time .
29 Yet if she was asked out , she exclaimed : ‘ Oh — but I ca n't go without Brian ! ’
30 ‘ I ca n't go to your school , ’ the boy went on .
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