Example sentences of "ca not [verb] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aye , oh yes , when you ca n't , when you ca n't eat it 's not much fun . |
| 2 | ’ I would n't call it ‘ confiding ’ exactly , but I ca n't pretend it 's altogether a matter of indifference to me , can I ? |
| 3 | But if you just ca n't manage it 's her fault ! |
| 4 | They say the stage is a respectable profession nowadays , well maybe it is , but I ca n't think it 's changed all that much in the five years since I left . |
| 5 | But I ca n't think it was awfully good for them , ’ she continued . |
| 6 | I ca n't hold it 's killing my back you 'll have to take him ! |
| 7 | Okay now er Garth Brookes my favourite country singer at the moment and er your chance to win this Elvis video okay you have to ring in we 're giving this away first you have to ring in and tell me and tell me the next word no I ca n't do that I ca n't no I ca n't do it 's too easy okay . |
| 8 | She ca n't do it was only fifteen pounds . |
| 9 | ‘ If there 's one thing the Trunchbull ca n't stand it 's pigtails , ’ Hortensia said . |
| 10 | And if there 's one thing I ca n't stand it 's the smell of curry . |
| 11 | I ca n't claim it is original because I stole the idea from Dan Dailey in Mother Wore Tights , although it is possible I do it better than him now . |
| 12 | I must admit , I ca n't claim it was love at first sight , but within a couple of hours she had firmly established herself in my affections , ’ laughed Delia . |
| 13 | I ca n't see it 's very close to the end |
| 14 | I said , with my ridiculous laugh , ‘ Dear Adam , I ca n't see it is . |
| 15 | I ca n't see it being kept quiet from the press for too long . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's very hard to predict because the costs are coming down rapidly , but I ca n't see it being an economic proposition until well into the next century , ’ Shah concludes . |
| 17 | And the size of it I ca n't see it being full up . |
| 18 | I just , I just have got to the stage now where I 've been er , I ca n't remember it 's five or six times , and I think , I 'm not going to get any better . |
| 19 | People living on the riverbanks ca n't remember it being so bad for many years and if there 's rugby here tomorrow , then the players will be in for an early bath . |
| 20 | I ca n't remember it was it was n't very dramatic . |
| 21 | You ca n't prove it is n't , can you ? |
| 22 | Maybe yous ca n't get it 's er |
| 23 | No , well like I have n't learnt it , I ca n't play I can play up to a certain bit in the start and then I can play the rest of it like , it 's just one I ca n't get it 's just real annoying , I have the at the right pitch and I just |
| 24 | Most good modern furniture is expensive and if you have set your heart on a piece you ca n't afford it is better to improvise for the moment . |
| 25 | ‘ You ca n't deny it 's a bit of a coincidence . ’ |
| 26 | PLAYER : Well , no , I ca n't say it is , really . |
| 27 | I ca n't say it 's something I 've found easy to do . |
| 28 | ‘ The great thing about writing sport for Punch is that people ca n't say it 's not as funny as it used to be , because nobody 's done it before , ’ he said . |
| 29 | ‘ You ca n't say it 's a coincidence that in every interview you see with these women the journalist always picks that five minutes where they 're going on about abuse or victimisation . |
| 30 | At a time when the political parties have all released bulky documents stuffed full of environmentally-friendly policies , when any washing powder that ca n't say it 's CFC-free and untested on animals and made from biodegradable phosphates is likely to be left on the supermarket shelf , golf 's ‘ green ’ credentials seem pretty strong . |