Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] understand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little Darren gets ill really easily at the moment and as for Sonja , she 's just gone mental — I ca n't understand her any more . |
| 2 | I just ca n't understand what 's going on . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I still ca n't understand why you wo n't take the flat , ’ she said . |
| 4 | That was supposed to be a funny song , and I ca n't understand how people could n't see it . |
| 5 | On the other hand though I was really drunk so maybe I only remember it that way John turned round to me at the end and said , I ca n't understand you All the people I know , when they get pissed , they start fights , whereas you just seem really happy |
| 6 | I ca n't understand why she looks like this . |
| 7 | I ca n't understand what the woman 's saying — it 's too loud and echoey to understand . |
| 8 | He shakes his head like he ca n't understand summat , then he lets go of my hand . |
| 9 | I ca n't understand what he 's saying , but he 's just shouting at the lights and everything , like he 's real angry about summat . |
| 10 | I ca n't understand him . |
| 11 | What I ca n't understand is who she thanks when she wants to be thankful , for example when her son was born . |
| 12 | They ca n't understand the timetables . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't understand it , ’ Bella was saying . |
| 14 | — But I ca n't understand it . |
| 15 | Marie put a baffled expression on to her face : ‘ I ca n't understand it , then , ’ she said , shaking her head , making her voice sound particularly gormless . |
| 16 | I 've got out of the way , I 'm trying to do my accounts , I ca n't understand this new money can you ? |
| 17 | There are New Yorker readers who ca n't understand why I liked Raising Arizona and they still complain to me about it . |
| 18 | I ca n't understand it , ’ Ma had said . |
| 19 | I ca n't understand it . ’ |
| 20 | As most of the older women wear saris , they consider fashionable clothes to be unnecessary and irrelevant , and ca n't understand the desires of someone like me , who wants to dress in a fashionable manner in the Western world . |
| 21 | My family ca n't understand why I might need to eat more , and tell me it 's greediness . |
| 22 | No , I ca n't understand that remark . |
| 23 | Under the watchful eye of the provodnitsy — the female ticket-collectors , tea dispensers and mother hens — you feel less a stranger on a train and more a member of an extended family , sharing food , drink and gossip — even if you ca n't understand a word of Russian . |
| 24 | ‘ people outside our field , they ca n't understand . |
| 25 | It 's perfectly reasonable that they ca n't understand . ’ |
| 26 | I know lots of people ca n't understand that , one of which is my accountant , but I feel I must put something back , it 's the only way I can feel comfortable about all the money I 've made . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't understand how people can behave like that . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I ca n't understand what 's happened to him . |
| 29 | You ca n't understand what people are saying , you ca n't read the street signs , and you ca n't find out where the buses are going to . |
| 30 | I ca n't understand why people want to be pop stars . |