Example sentences of "can [adv] be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It ca n't be referring to the ones the sons of the kingdom that are inheriting it is it ? |
| 2 | I thought you were getting yourself into trouble there again , but you tell me he ca n't be listening to you . |
| 3 | There was ‘ the moment of truth ’ and ‘ it ca n't be happening to me … ’ feeling . |
| 4 | This ca n't be happening to me , Kate would never get herself into this sort of situation . |
| 5 | It ca n't be happening to me . |
| 6 | ‘ They are children on the brink , at the end of their tether , and we ca n't be saying to them come back in 50 weeks . ’ |
| 7 | Thus the following , said on Thursday , can only be referring to next Thursday ( or perhaps some more remote Thursday ) , otherwise the speaker should have said today : ( 58 ) I 'll see you on Thursday The same holds if it is said on Wednesday , due to pre-emptive tomorrow . |
| 8 | The statute can not be referring to the interests of all those individuals because they may differ and the interests of the majority are not necessarily the same as the interests of the State . |
| 9 | They can still be playing to their full ability at 34 ish . |