Example sentences of "ca [adv] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're not working so hard you ca n't blow a couple of bars of ‘ Casey Jones ’ , are you ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You ca n't sack a man because of his friends , ’ he said forthrightly , ‘ and Caretaker 's family have been in Medewich a long time . |
| 3 | Still , you 'd have to say she ca n't cook a meatloaf . |
| 4 | ‘ You ca n't erase a lifetime of habit by spending two weeks in the sunshine . ’ |
| 5 | In fact , it is desirable that they should meet and get to know each other for a day or two over a safe fence ( possibly a mesh that a horse ca n't kick a leg through ) before they are put in with each other . |
| 6 | You 're lucky because I 'll tell you for why , you ca n't change a video if you buy . |
| 7 | ‘ You want to change the world and you ca n't change a washer . ’ |
| 8 | Other than that the neck feels really good and solid , and although it 's of the slim , wide variety ( 43.75mm at nut ) the fingerboard is n't so wide that you ca n't wrap a thumb over the top if you 're so inclined . |
| 9 | When the time comes an' I ca n't lift a hundredweight of sugar or me old black pan , then it 'll be time for me to retire upstairs for good . ’ |
| 10 | Well you ca n't fancy a Cointreau cos erm |
| 11 | Just been to stupid Nettos , do you know you ca n't cash a cheque ? |
| 12 | But manager Howard Wilkinson 's hopes that Batty would be available to spark a revival at Elland Road were dashed yesterday when the player said : ‘ I ca n't set a comeback date and if things do n't improve soon I 'll have to see a specialist . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ She knows she ca n't manage a saucer ! ’ thought Marie . |
| 14 | Yeah , well I 'm a bit like that , I ca n't wear a jumper because I , I and yet years ago I always used to wear |
| 15 | Well I ca n't wear a wedding ring now , it , just cos it 's so wide , it 's a really wide one . |
| 16 | You ca n't wear a uniform ! |
| 17 | ‘ You ca n't blackmail a machine — ! ’ |
| 18 | Seems the purestrains ca n't pilot a ship , ca n't fire a gun , ca n't fix a fuse . |
| 19 | You ca n't identify a voice from a whisper . |
| 20 | So you ca n't dissolve a congress , there 's a fixed term , I 'll read you what the constitution says , it says the president shall from time to time give to the congress information on the state of the union you may have heard of the famous state of the union address to congress that the president makes on an annual basis and he shall recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient . |
| 21 | I ca n't picture a farmer on a picnic . |
| 22 | In the game of showbusiness endorsements , there 's no other party with such a single , simple point to make ; you ca n't embody a promise not to raise VAT or the future of industrial policy . |
| 23 | And let me tell you something finally , you ca n't hold a candle to my woman . |
| 24 | The comedian Dom De Luise makes an amusing enough Wazir , but his singing ca n't hold a candle to Richard Van Allan 's and is n't always exactly in tune . |
| 25 | There are players now valued in the £2m bracket who ca n't hold a candle to Ian in terms of ability and George Graham must be thinking he has bought himself a star on the cheap . |
| 26 | And , if you think YOU 'VE got ghosts … you ca n't hold a candle to this place . |
| 27 | It ca n't hold a candle to ‘ Football Focus . ’ |
| 28 | Well I ca n't hold a conversation on my own . |
| 29 | You can con any system to a certain extent , but here cons work with cons and you ca n't con a con . |
| 30 | And so we 've got to desire to have our broken relationship with God restored , you see we need to receive what God offers in Christ , the fact that Christ died for our sins does not mean a thing to us until we say yes I accept it for me , I believe you died for me , I receive it , I 'm linked into it , you see your house can be , let me give you a very simple illustration , your house is linked up with er Eastern Electricity and there is so many er I du n no what , what the what it is , but there is the power there , the there are , there are kilo watts of power on tap in your home , but in the winter you 're cold , when it gets dark outside , it 's dark inside the cooker , the electric cooker does n't work , the fridge is not operating the food is going rotten , you ca n't watch a programme on television , why , because you have n't plugged into the source of the power , it 's as simple as that , you ca n't blame the Electricity Board , it 's not Eastern Electricity 's fault it 's your fault because all the plugs are out of the sockets and it does n't matter what the Electricity Board does short of blowing up your house , they can do nothing for you and it does n't matter what God has done in Christ until we as it were to also plug in , it does n't mean a thing to us , but the moment we link in , that 's the change , the lights come on , there 's , there 's heat there , the stove works , the , the radio , the television , the record player , they 're all operating , the freezer 's working , the situation has changed , we needs to receive what God offers us in Christ |