Example sentences of "can n't [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | No , no I ca n't I just ca n't eat so I 'm not forcing myself to eat , what I 'm trying to do is only to eat the right things and I must start vitamin supplements I think I 've got the age when I probably need that , I mean , this cold is a warning to me that my immune system is not as strong as it ought to be , I should n't have had another cold so soon after getting rid of one ! |
2 | So if you know the graph of Y equals X squared which unfortunately I ca n't draw tonight it 's draw it for you , could draw it from the inside keep telling everyone else . |
3 | well I 'm wondering whether it 's one or two of the tapes , I just ca n't sort out which they are somehow |
4 | They ca n't change how they think . ’ |
5 | That 's what I 've been telling myself all these years , but sense does n't come into it , ca n't change how you feel . |
6 | He ca n't change how he thinks . |
7 | I ca n't talk now I have gone so limp and languid and sugary with my flesh stretched and itching , so Crilly carries me to bed . |
8 | Ca n't talk now I got ta stinging armpits ! |
9 | She had just received Holy Communion , of course , and her face was radiant and pure — I ca n't explain why I did it , but I could n't help kissing her . |
10 | I ca n't explain how I felt . |
11 | I just ca n't explain how I feel , but we 'll have to pray we 'll be guided to do what 's best . ’ |
12 | ‘ I ca n't explain how I feel in words and I do n't know what the future holds , ’ said Tamas , who has been granted political asylum and has applied for Hungarian citizenship . |
13 | ‘ I ca n't think where I 've seen her before . ’ |
14 | I do n't know then , I ca n't think where I know him from , . |
15 | ‘ Ca n't think where you got that impression . ’ |
16 | ‘ Well , I ca n't think where she is then , ’ shrugged Enid . |
17 | Cos I ca n't think where she 's |
18 | ‘ I ca n't think where it 's gone ’ , she said . |
19 | Ca n't remember where I was and I was I ear-holing really , I was listening to a conversation that this woman was having ca n't think where it was dad ! |
20 | ‘ He 's a clever boy , ’ Sidney said , ‘ but I ca n't think where he gas it from . ’ |
21 | Steve 's due back tomorrow evening … he 'll have to leave before then but I ca n't think where he 'll go . ’ |
22 | They should never have let him into the RAF — ca n't think why they did n't spot it . |
23 | Ca n't think why and I ca n't think why they should think they must n't go on Pan Am cos Pan Am are a target |
24 | ‘ Well , I ca n't think why we should be praying for them , ’ Benny said with mock indignation . |
25 | ‘ I 'm cold , ’ she complained , ‘ I ca n't think why we came up here . ’ |
26 | ‘ Ca n't think why we ever got rid of the old bat . |
27 | ‘ I ca n't think why we did n't hold the ball outside , ’ said Ayling coming in with newspapers under his arm . |
28 | Ca n't think why we 've stuck so long with people who knew something about the job . ’ |
29 | No , no , I ca n't think why we ca n't find . |
30 | Ca n't think why nobody else has taken it over . ’ |