Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | annoying cos I sort of flared up with them and said , Well quote me the law , and they ca n't quote you the law I mean they it 's just someone who they seem to be we do it . |
| 2 | " You ca n't think what a lot went to waste before they invented fridges , " she told me . |
| 3 | It was n't left there and I ca n't think what the chances are of finding it in a place this size . |
| 4 | He ca n't offer him a challenge like that . |
| 5 | ‘ I have , ’ he answered slowly , ‘ but remember I am only a poor country vicar , and ca n't offer you a job with a high salary , so you may not wish to accept it . |
| 6 | I want to let you know about a study we have initiated on the usual basis of ( almost ) nil funds — hence we ca n't offer you a lucrative contract ! |
| 7 | Like physical ailments and er our , our , our physical body does n't work like it used to , and as you do get older there is a tendency to more to , to need more rest , we ca n't do what the young ones er do , and we would love to do that and that goes along with what the council and the |
| 8 | ‘ The EEC time clock on the lorry means we ca n't do anyone a favour . |
| 9 | ‘ It ca n't do you no good if you spit it out . |
| 10 | It do n't get done without it 's me what does it , and I ca n't do it every day with them buggers throwing stuff all over the carpet . |
| 11 | Mind you , if you ca n't do it the weather will automatically do it for you , unless you plan to take a pneumatic drill into the garden with you in December . |
| 12 | because she was in pain again in had it strapped up again said come and see me in a week see if it 's any better but erm she 's injured it but not er you know it 's obviously she ca n't move it a lot that way which is what 's effecting her , but mind you once she gets back on her bike again , as it 's cold weather |
| 13 | I 've got an interesting point that I relate about this job that when I went to see them , about starting this job , they said , Well , they never told me before I got in , they said er , We 've er we 've got no money so we ca n't pay you a very good wage , but er we 'll start you off with five pound a week , that 's all we can afford , well I was earning more than that , during the War , nineteen forty two . |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't face that girl , I ca n't tell her the sadistic bastard that raped her is going to be let loose . ’ |
| 15 | So , we ca n't tell what the final deadline date will be because there are so many pro processes , to go through . |
| 16 | If you just pick up a sherd of pottery , okay , that really by itself ca n't tell you an awful lot . |
| 17 | It comes in handy , know a blue car and I think it has a boot , I ca n't tell you the type of , do n't make it up , if you do n't kn know , do n't make it up . |
| 18 | I ca n't tell you the dreck we 're going to have in it . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't tell you the reason , ’ he murmured . |
| 20 | I ca n't tell you the terrible sense of horror I had . |
| 21 | Yes , I know that Wolverhampton won , but I ca n't tell you the actual score . |
| 22 | I 'm sure you ca n't be keeping her so busy that she ca n't spare me an hour or so . ’ |
| 23 | But all the German one is stuck out about what , about inch , so you ca n't open one the the fucking si side door . |
| 24 | And I ca n't send them a present . |
| 25 | I think that 's healthy , if you ca n't love yourself no one else will ! |
| 26 | I think that 's healthy , if you ca n't love yourself no one else will ! |
| 27 | They run a perfectly good … well they probably ca n't miss something the size of America . |
| 28 | I mean my belief is that if Standard Life and M and G ca n't show me a profit on a , a good managed fund , I doubt that anybody in a another institute is going to do any better . |
| 29 | I ca n't make myself an exception . |
| 30 | I ca n't give myself the great happiness of promising to be yours — because I am sure I ought not to ! ’ |