Example sentences of "[pers pn] ca [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't smell petrol , and I 'm pretty certain she 'd have blown already if she was going to , but I 'm not prepared to take the chance . |
| 2 | I do nt think so Steve , I 've just had mail from the postmaster at Oxford telling me I ca n't send mail , and to subscribe to the list ! ! |
| 3 | I ca n't make head or tail — ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Look , ’ the superintendent said , ‘ I only just came on and I ca n't make head nor tail of this . |
| 5 | I ca n't make head nor tail of it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't make head or tail of it . ’ |
| 7 | In most varieties of British English , you know what I mean ? and you know ? are used by parties in a conversation to elicit agreement , as in the following ( made up ) example : ( 1 ) A : I ca n't make head nor tail of this , you know what I mean ? |
| 8 | B 's possible responses listed above , while overtly responding to the question " you know what I mean ? " are actually heard by parties to the conversation as supporting A's proposition , " I ca n't make head nor tail of this " . |
| 9 | They 've said well I ca n't make head or tail of it . |
| 10 | I ca n't make money grow . ’ |
| 11 | But I ca n't make sense of it . ’ |
| 12 | Then I had to come back — and into this — and do you know — ’ ( he leant towards her ) ‘ even now I close my eyes and think of her , otherwise I ca n't make love — ’ He was still living on that charmed island of experience in the past . |
| 13 | I ca n't make love to you the way I want to — not here . |
| 14 | His green eyes pools of limpid clarity and wholly deceptive depth , but his swift grin wicked , Michele replied provocatively , ‘ I ca n't make love to a housekeeper or beat her into submission the way I could a wife , and , as I prefer my domestic arrangements to run without a hitch , I have to tread circumspectly . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I told you , ’ Ruth said hoarsely , turning her head away , ‘ I ca n't make magic . ’ |
| 16 | Well usually cos I got my feet up on a bench and I ca n't reach keyboard so |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't bear picnicking on a slope . |
| 18 | Kitty said , in her little voice , ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't bear caviar . ’ |
| 19 | I ca n't stand brandy . |
| 20 | He says : ‘ I do like real beers , but I ca n't stand keg . |
| 21 | ‘ I ca n't stand metal now , ’ gripes Sam , grimly . |
| 22 | I ca n't stand tea with sugar in it . |
| 23 | I ca n't stand gossip , or people bitching about each other . |
| 24 | oh god , I 'd of shot it , I ca n't stand ferret 's I ca n't |
| 25 | And she thought , quite calmly : this is n't good enough for me , I shall get further if I 'm pulled , I ca n't waste time in going first . |
| 26 | And I ca n't watch football any more because of the way white fans shout racist insults at the black players . |
| 27 | ‘ I am sorry , but I ca n't sanction holiday money . ’ |
| 28 | Erm I would n't mind actually I I ca n't drink milk actually I 'm it 's okay I did say but yeah yeah yeah so so just black no sugar that 'd be lovely thanks . |
| 29 | The reason I ca n't drink rum or vodka |
| 30 | Well I ca n't drink wine . |