Example sentences of "you can [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Anyway , you ca n't commit suicide with a twelve bore , although they 're always doing it in books . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , each pattern ca n't be more than 16 steps long , a fact which leads to some limitations on time signatures and record resolutions ( for instance , you ca n't record triplet 16ths in a 4/4 bar ) , although there is a ‘ swing ’ function which allows you to program a rather rigid swing feel on 16ths . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , each pattern ca n't be more than 16 steps long , a fact which leads to some limitations on time signatures and record resolutions ( for instance , you ca n't record triplet 16ths in a 4/4 bar ) , although there is a ‘ swing ’ function which allows you to program a rather rigid swing feel on 16ths . |
| 4 | WHETHER you are a punter or just love horses you ca n't ignore point-to-point racing and down Ballymena way they turned out in force for last weekend 's Mid-Antrim Hunt meeting at Galgorm . |
| 5 | You ca n't preach love and practise hatred . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Well , you ca n't accuse Fishbane of being queer these days . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ people are always scared of what they do n't understand , but you ca n't stop progress , can you ? |
| 8 | And you ca n't stop science from helping us to make a better job of things . |
| 9 | You ca n't stop plaque forming but you can prevent it taking a hold by removing it every day . |
| 10 | I appreciate Mr Mayor that you ca n't stop bomb scares . |
| 11 | Clean up your act While some dermatologists argue that you ca n't beat soap and water for cleansing , others claim that it 's too drying and recommend cleansing creams , milks and facial bars or washes instead . |
| 12 | You ca n't make love at pistol point … her being filled with remorse , and she checked herself from flinging her arms round Lucy : steady , Jay , she told herself , we 're only seconds away from no , nay , never . |
| 13 | ‘ You ca n't make love to me like that and then expect me to carry on as if nothing 's happened . |
| 14 | If you ca n't make contact , you 'll have to go to Sweden . |
| 15 | No , no I do n't think I could cos I 'm on me own such a lot , I ca n't , you ca n't make conversation by yourself can ya ? |
| 16 | Erm it does n't so You ca n't make soap in it . |
| 17 | Let's face it , if you ca n't make par on a par-5 to win , you ought to be shot . ’ |
| 18 | You ca n't make chemistry happen , you ca n't say : ‘ You and you are going to be so and so . ’ |
| 19 | You ca n't make eye contact if you 're speaking to a piece of paper . |
| 20 | ‘ But you ca n't make war without the Kha-Khan 's permission . ’ |
| 21 | And if by any chance you ca n't manage dinner tonight perhaps we can at least have a drink together and fix some other time . ’ |
| 22 | You ca n't right doping if you 've not got everything right . |
| 23 | If you 've been drinking beer you can you ca n't smell beer on anybody else , can you ? |
| 24 | I do n't think there 's any need to talk down to people , but you ca n't assume specialist knowledge . ’ |
| 25 | If , like many of us , you ca n't lay hand son the exact title and date of publication DO NOT be deterred but add contextualising detail of the kind which will help librarians as well as researchers to locate the item eg , size ( in a great fat book ) ; colour ( bluey-green cover with photos … ) ; age ( quite old now I suppose , have n't seen it in bookshops for ages … ) . |
| 26 | You ca n't retain control of it at all . |
| 27 | You ca n't verify software until you 've got hardware that 's capable of operating simultaneously with the software . |
| 28 | You are the pleasures which we draw him on to — ( He escapes a fractional giggle but recovers immediately ) and by that I do n't mean your usual filth ; you ca n't treat royalty like people with normal perverted desires . |
| 29 | tables you ca n't do multiplication , |
| 30 | Erm , it definitely does , is it , you ca n't do screen dumps without |