Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He adds : ‘ One of Baldwin 's favourite themes was the folly of this Taff Vale decision : ‘ The Conservatives ca n't talk of class-war : they started it , ’ he would remark to G. M. Young . |
| 2 | But this does n't mean you ca n't dream of a green Christmas . |
| 3 | The buses used to start from their to Hampton , and there used to be a place where they would leave newspapers and they put , put a er box there by that and people used to take out newspaper and put the money into the box and er , you ca n't dream of that sort of thing now . |
| 4 | ‘ Er , no , I ca n't think of any reason . |
| 5 | ‘ Ca n't think of anywhere myself , let me think for a minute . |
| 6 | You ca n't think of a ship as having an emotional life divided between the attachment to its anchors and the call of the tides , ’ I said . |
| 7 | I ca n't think of another reason . |
| 8 | I ca n't think of any more … |
| 9 | I ca n't think of nothing to say , so I just nod . |
| 10 | I ca n't think of anyone I 'd really like to speak to , except Marie of course , but I du n no if she 's got a phone in Scotland . |
| 11 | I ca n't think of a single occasion in which this might come in handy . |
| 12 | I CA N'T think of anything more likely to get us through the pre-Christmas traumas than a new play by Don Hayworth . |
| 13 | Ca n't think of anything nicer . |
| 14 | ‘ Since you ask me sir I ca n't think of a single reason — oh except … my voice is trained . ’ |
| 15 | I ca n't think of anyone who does as many things as Madonna can do as well . ’ |
| 16 | With women I ca n't think of any examples of that . |
| 17 | I ca n't think of anywhere that the stage designs have been more consistently imaginative and beautifully realized than in Salzburg over the last twenty years . |
| 18 | I ca n't think of his name now , but it was great because there was this really tough girl who wanted to hang around with me because this guy fancied me . |
| 19 | I honestly ca n't think of anything we wanted that this holiday did n't provide . |
| 20 | I ca n't think of any other explanation ’ |
| 21 | I ca n't think of anything more wearisome . ’ |
| 22 | I ca n't think of a reason why the Czar or his advisers should want to murder British agents . |
| 23 | If you ca n't think of anything at least realize the futility of your worrying . |
| 24 | She was cursed ( I ca n't think of a stronger word ) with a permanent affliction , or dosage , of a complex which made her feel and left her with , a strange aura of inadequacy . |
| 25 | This is a ‘ stage ’ guitar , after all , and I ca n't think of anyone who actually prefers to hang their strap from a machinehead . |
| 26 | But it helps to give the band our own sound , and I ca n't think of anyone else in the whole world that 's doing it . ’ |
| 27 | As Pedulla say , these basses are designed as pure playing instruments , although I ca n't think of a manufacturer who 'd admit to any other motive for building guitars . |
| 28 | ‘ As for rhythm guitar influences , I ca n't think of many better ones than the Stax/Volt records with Steve Cropper and Booker T & The MGs . |
| 29 | If I had to personally choose from the combos available in this price range then I really ca n't think of anything that offers better solid state and valve sounds than this , with such an obvious stamp of credibility into the bargain . |
| 30 | I have a fitting on Sunday for the ‘ New Faces ’ final — one gown with three jackets to ring the changes over the ninety minutes of live T.V. It 's imperative that I do the show as I ca n't think of anyone who could step into the breach should I become ill . |