Example sentences of "you can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ye ca n't talk about Da like that ! ’ he rasped . |
| 2 | Is it that ye ca n't manage the farm with yer Da away , and ye want me to take charge . |
| 3 | ‘ Ye ca n't blame us for trying . ’ |
| 4 | Ye can nae complain . ’ |
| 5 | ’ Weel , if ye can nae rustle up some home-made coak-a-leekie wi' prawns an' cream at such shoart notice , us gourmets of the road will jist huv tae dae withoot , will we no ? ’ |
| 6 | And when ye would set out for Castille , let all the people know in secret , that they make themselves ready , and take with them all that they have , so that none of the Moors in the suburb may know thereof ; for certes ye can not keep the city , neither abide therein after my death . |
| 7 | This may be due to the poor quality of the preaching or it may be due to the fact that some Christians have their own interpretation of the dominical saying , ‘ Except ye be as little children ye can not enter the kingdom of heaven ’ . |
| 8 | Concerning those who die in their sins Jesus said ‘ Whither I go ye CAN NOT come . ’ |
| 9 | The earl read aloud , translating into the vernacular as fluently as any cleric : Ye shall seek me , and shall not find me ; and where I am , thither ye can not come . ’ ' |
| 10 | But you ca n't love words without appreciating these aspects , and it would be a more civilised world if more of those who have to use words extensively in their work did love them . |
| 11 | ‘ You ca n't love Gabriel , ’ she was saying , ‘ because you ca n't affect him . |
| 12 | You know you ca n't love people , Lee , because they are frightened of life and I think they are quite right and should beware of everything , especially camp comedy , the Communists , erotic fiction and you . |
| 13 | I just felt pressured , it was all the bloody time , " You ca n't love me if you wo n't do it , everybody is doing it . " " |
| 14 | You ca n't love God and anyone else . ’ |
| 15 | I think I stopped when I once asked someone what the matter was and he said : ‘ If you do n't know , then you ca n't love me . ’ |
| 16 | You ca n't love someone without imaginative sympathy , without beginning to see the world from another point of view . |
| 17 | I think that 's healthy , if you ca n't love yourself no one else will ! |
| 18 | ‘ No , you ca n't love me . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You ca n't love me . |
| 20 | She said in a tone of simple surprise , ‘ Do n't you know that you ca n't love someone without being hurt ? ’ |
| 21 | I think that 's healthy , if you ca n't love yourself no one else will ! |
| 22 | No you ca n't love can you ? |
| 23 | No , no you ca n't love , because |
| 24 | ‘ Anyway , you ca n't commit suicide with a twelve bore , although they 're always doing it in books . |
| 25 | You ca n't commit |
| 26 | You ca n't evaporate it , yeah . |
| 27 | ‘ They say , we know you ca n't continue in the old way , ’ he says , but until now there has been no alternative . |
| 28 | ‘ Obviously , you ca n't continue to do all the work that a client would like you to do . |
| 29 | But if workmen are hammering outside your door , if the noise is intermittent and/or high-pitched , if you ca n't switch it off at will , you may find such noise psychologically distressing as well as distracting . |
| 30 | Alright , now not all products are going to be , you know , you ca n't switch with the same amount of ease across all products , there are only , you know , if you are erm , a wheat farmer in the south east of England , alright , you 're not likely to switch into milk production just bec just because milk prices have risen . |