Example sentences of "you [adv] can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you obviously can not get down ahead or if you have doubts about it , then you have no alternative but to turn off , but check your speed first ! |
| 2 | People are realizing that you just can not expect much of them and that one way of improving local lives is to get together in local communities and groups and participating wider area networks and in such coalitions of people , th th they manage to keep some sort of community spirit and activity going . |
| 3 | You just can not hide out from money any more . |
| 4 | In the cold light of day you come to realise that you just can not do it all the time , that the body comes to a point where , for the moment , it has had enough . |
| 5 | It knows that , whatever the Government say , eventually European law or the law of a more enlightened British Government will say , ’ You just can not do it . ’ |
| 6 | You just can not go slumming , because slumming pretends that slums are n't real . |
| 7 | You just can not pay attention continuously to all the different variables in a situation and remain sane at the end of the day , you have to develop routines and techniques for handling it . |
| 8 | And with a chick on the premises you just can not live the old life . |
| 9 | You just can not live it . |
| 10 | ‘ Unless your country has been divided too , you just can not imagine what we feel like , ’ says a middle-aged secretary . |
| 11 | ‘ You just can not believe how difficult it is , ’ said one successful candidate . |
| 12 | You just can not get nothing else |
| 13 | you just can not seem to get it out of your |
| 14 | There are some things you just can not say when the person is present . |
| 15 | ‘ Buying Manchester United would be like buying a Van Gogh — you just can not put a value on it . ’ |
| 16 | You just CAN NOT afford to pick an inferior side so it will gel , or possibly get better together . |
| 17 | You just can not win . |
| 18 | It seems that you just can not win . |
| 19 | If you still can not reach up to the extreme end and determine that the burrow is now empty you must reintroduce your line ferret once more to do the job for you . |
| 20 | But , note , that although your book will be much more like " real life " than the basic , blueprint formula , you still can not upset your readers by , as in real life , having the murderer be that passing sex pervert or opportunist small-time thief . |
| 21 | We have no wish to ruin the stationers who make a profit in this way but , if you are studying and making notes correctly , you will need vast quantities of paper , which you clearly can not afford to buy in this costly fashion . |
| 22 | Now everybody talks like this : if you can not understand the language of sport , you probably can not follow American politics . |
| 23 | I know there are n't any simple solutions and that you probably can not help but I feel better by just writing . |
| 24 | If you really can not talk then you can write your replies , but I am not leaving this room until I have them . |
| 25 | You really can not tell me too much — I would rather sift through a huge amount of detail and give you a definite answer than have to suggest all the possible alternatives and leave you to figure out which applies in your case . |
| 26 | The second list tells you which foods naturally contain those items — but remember , if you really can not bring yourself to eat a particular range of foods , it is always possible to take the lacking vitamin in tablet form . |
| 27 | ( Mar 21-Apr 20 ) The situation in the heavens is rather complex , if not explosive , at the moment and you really can not expect any favours to come your way either at home or on the work front . |
| 28 | If you really can not do without salt , then use a very small amount only . |
| 29 | When they occur , your catalogue and reference list will point this out — you really can not know too much about each and every rose in your garden . |
| 30 | If you really can not find the space anywhere else in the home you will have to try to squeeze space in the kitchen ( or go to a launderette ) . |