Example sentences of "can [adv] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking after someone else 's child ca n't be easy . ’ |
| 2 | It ca n't be easy . ’ |
| 3 | Making it work ca n't be easy either . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , it ca n't be easy for any of them . |
| 5 | ‘ May I say , Mrs Sutherland , that I understand it ca n't be easy for you ? |
| 6 | ‘ Coming back and trying to pick up the threads ca n't be easy . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've watched you with the kids , and , while I know it ca n't be easy , you seem to be doing a grand job . |
| 8 | ‘ Looking after a child on your own ca n't be easy , ’ Vitor said . |
| 9 | Miracle Squares I think there 's a lot of thought gone into it you know , it ca n't be easy to re er to , to just dream up a game erm , I like the one about you go to the last supper and the waiter spills soup on your trousers , the waiter , ha tell you else about the Marx brothers an'all , the waiter is er the king of Snowdonia and it 's Groucho Marx , the , they 've got this massive hall , and er these big steps leading down into it you know and as , as they 're coming in there 's somebody at the top and Ann says who 's , who 's walking in and they walk down the stairs you know and Mr and Mrs and the king has you know and he says oh the king Snowdonia is about to arrive , he should be here any minute now , he should be here dead on this time you know , he gets these big fanfare trumpets up da , da , da , da , the king of Snowdonia , and there 's nothing and all of a sudden it flashes to Groucho Marx and then he 's in bed with |
| 10 | Well it ca n't be easy like , you know what I mean , but er |
| 11 | ‘ A child born out of wedlock ca n't be chief . ’ |
| 12 | Once a guy came running after me , he must have run fifty yards up the road , but I had to ignore it , because I ca n't be big-headed enough to turn round and go , ‘ Oh , he 's running after me . ’ |
| 13 | It ca n't be instant . |
| 14 | Well they ca n't be arch enemies to do that can they ? |
| 15 | If you ca n't be civil , then keep out of my way . ’ |
| 16 | This record is so full of blatant pain , anguish and fear that the listener feels uncomfortably voyeuristic at times ( yes , yes , I know that technically speaking , a listener ca n't be voyeuristic . |
| 17 | But I ca n't be Irish . |
| 18 | I rang Tony and said , ‘ You really ca n't be serious about not wanting to record this song . ’ |
| 19 | Resistance to the philosophy of animal rights takes many forms , from the incredulous ( ‘ You ca n't be serious ! ’ ) to the superficial ( ‘ What about carrots ? ’ ) , and from the arrogant ( as in the increasingly heard boast of American researchers , ‘ I 'm a speciesist and proud of it ! ’ ) to the deep . |
| 20 | ‘ You just ca n't be serious , Inspector ! ’ |
| 21 | As someone said , you ca n't be serious . |
| 22 | Surely they ca n't be serious ? |
| 23 | ‘ Come now , you ca n't be serious . |
| 24 | ‘ You ca n't be serious ! ’ |
| 25 | " You ca n't be serious ? " |
| 26 | ‘ You ca n't be serious about going on with this , ’ Rosheen protested . |
| 27 | ‘ You ca n't be serious , old chap . |
| 28 | ‘ You ca n't be serious about this . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You ca n't be serious . ’ |
| 30 | New York ca n't be serious about this . |