Example sentences of "ca n't [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interpretation is allowed to copy what it finds , and to distort it , and it may be that the novel can be interpreted as an entertainment which conveys that doctrines of science and improvement ca n't encompass what happens in a frightening world , where motive is dark and ill-will ubiquitous . |
| 2 | yo you 're suggesting is what is happening now and so many of us he no he not just here but in population generally belong to all sorts of pressure groups erm whatever they may be like Greenpeace and many others erm really it 's , it 's a jolly hard slog , the point is that erm it the lid is on the kettle the whole time and it 's only , the only way that people can get anything done is by joining these organizations erm but it 's a very slow business erm but there 's no other way of doing anything because you ca n't change what happens at the top . |
| 3 | We ca n't change what 's happened . ’ |
| 4 | For instance , if there is a conflict between the vocalist and guitarist , you ca n't ignore it hoping that it will go away . |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't pretend it has n't happened once or twice . |
| 6 | ‘ Charity , we ca n't pretend it did n't happen . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I ca n't pretend I know what that means . ’ |
| 8 | If you ca n't link it to profit , do n't have it , do n't do it : it will contribute nothing |
| 9 | Somebody needs to authorise , like job description , that is what they are to do , and that really needs to be a manager rather than the individual , erm , but there is no reason why the individual ca n't sign it to say yes this is the job I do . |
| 10 | Yes , yes well we ca n't talk you see , we do n't know , we do n't know what 's happening , but she 's been suffering a lot with her back just now and she put that off you know that because she 's not attending the meetings , she ca n't sit , and if she comes to the meetings she ca n't sit down , she stands up , props herself against the wall and stand up right at the back so , we do n't know you see |
| 11 | But I ca n't prevent myself thinking that the person who is to play Claudia should possess a clearly defined personality of her own . |
| 12 | And , of course , you ca n't measure anything to show that it 's shorter than usual … ’ |
| 13 | Providing the claim 's legitimate , and they 're doing all their bits from their side of the fence , keeping the the er , plan in operation , we ca n't decide we 've had enough . |
| 14 | ‘ She can do everything , but she ca n't decide what to do . ’ |
| 15 | He ca n't decide what to make for pudding . |
| 16 | ‘ We ca n't think we 've cracked it now , ’ said Kelly . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't think what kept her so long . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't think what got into me . |
| 19 | I ca n't think what to do next , except the same things . |
| 20 | I ca n't think what to do next . |
| 21 | You get the child who just sits and ca n't think what to do . |
| 22 | He 's holding his hand out to me , yelling at me , but I 'm stuck there , terrified , screaming , and I do n't know what to do , ca n't think what to do , even while he 's yelling at me to help him , come out to him , get a branch , but I 'm petrified at the thought of setting foot on that white , treacherous surface and I ca n't imagine finding a branch , ca n't think what to do as I look one way towards the tall trees above the hidden gorge and the other along the shore of the loch towards the boat-house but there are no branches , there 's only snow everywhere , and then Andy stops struggling and slips under the whiteness . |
| 23 | He 's holding his hand out to me , yelling at me , but I 'm stuck there , terrified , screaming , and I do n't know what to do , ca n't think what to do , even while he 's yelling at me to help him , come out to him , get a branch , but I 'm petrified at the thought of setting foot on that white , treacherous surface and I ca n't imagine finding a branch , ca n't think what to do as I look one way towards the tall trees above the hidden gorge and the other along the shore of the loch towards the boat-house but there are no branches , there 's only snow everywhere , and then Andy stops struggling and slips under the whiteness . |
| 24 | Keith ca n't think what to say next . |
| 25 | Ca n't think what took you so long to get around to it , old chap , ’ Aubrey said . |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't think what happened , ’ she murmured . |
| 27 | I ca n't think what 's happened to it . |
| 28 | I ca n't think he had any date to meet somebody there . |
| 29 | Ca n't think who lived there now . |
| 30 | Bill has no idea how long you have with AIDS , and he ca n't think who to ask . |