Example sentences of "[pers pn] ca [adv] [vb infin] a thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't do a thing with my carrots |
| 2 | I have to have the full eight hours or I ca n't do a thing the next morning , not a single thing . |
| 3 | Q My son is nine and I can honestly say I ca n't do a thing with him . |
| 4 | Come on man , I 've got Come with a nice young lady , intelligent In a cardboard box , informer lick your boom boom there lick your boom boom there with my dibby , dibby dob , police knock my door , they shout my crib , rough me up and I ca n't do a thing , pick up the when the telephone ring informer . |
| 5 | ROS : ( Panic ) I ca n't feel a thing ! |
| 6 | Fucking messing about something and I ca n't remember a thing about it . |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't find a thing to wear , you know , ’ she complained . |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't hear a thing , ’ he said . |
| 9 | I know it 's a cave , even though it 's so dark I ca n't see a thing , 'cos there are voices calling all round me and they echo . |
| 10 | I ca n't see a thing . |
| 11 | One that I look a lot more like the Prime Minister wearing my reading glasses than the Prime Minister actually looks like the Prime Minister and two , the hidden benefits of wearing your reading glasses , group , here , is that I ca n't see a thing over there and for the first time in ten years I 'm gon na enjoy delivering a speech . |
| 12 | And you ca n't do a thing . |
| 13 | ‘ You ca n't prove a thing . ’ |
| 14 | Whatever the reason , you will have to take my word for it that a hill-walk is still an exhilarating day out even when you ca n't see a thing . |
| 15 | You see the the inlet pipes and the outlets and this you ca n't see a thing of this , you ought to go and have a look at this place sometime . |
| 16 | You ca n't see a thing round that corner can you ? |
| 17 | You ca n't hear a thing in there . |
| 18 | You ca n't hear a thing , deaf as the , deaf as a post , and does n't wear any thing , I feel it 's very one side conversation because he , he says all the talking and they ca n't muck in almost unbearable , cos she likes to talk a lot to and she could n't get a word in because |
| 19 | She ca n't do a thing around the house . |
| 20 | She ca n't do a thing about it . ’ |
| 21 | We 'd kill to have wash'n'wear hair , but we ca n't do a thing with our drooping rats ' tails . |
| 22 | He ca n't do a thing . |
| 23 | Well he ca n't do a thing about it ! |