Example sentences of "ca n't [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 No , no I ca n't I just ca n't eat so I 'm not forcing myself to eat , what I 'm trying to do is only to eat the right things and I must start vitamin supplements I think I 've got the age when I probably need that , I mean , this cold is a warning to me that my immune system is not as strong as it ought to be , I should n't have had another cold so soon after getting rid of one !
2 So if you know the graph of Y equals X squared which unfortunately I ca n't draw tonight it 's draw it for you , could draw it from the inside keep telling everyone else .
3 well I 'm wondering whether it 's one or two of the tapes , I just ca n't sort out which they are somehow
4 They ca n't change how they think . ’
5 That 's what I 've been telling myself all these years , but sense does n't come into it , ca n't change how you feel .
6 He ca n't change how he thinks .
7 I ca n't talk now I have gone so limp and languid and sugary with my flesh stretched and itching , so Crilly carries me to bed .
8 Ca n't talk now I got ta stinging armpits !
9 She had just received Holy Communion , of course , and her face was radiant and pure — I ca n't explain why I did it , but I could n't help kissing her .
10 I ca n't explain how I felt .
11 I just ca n't explain how I feel , but we 'll have to pray we 'll be guided to do what 's best . ’
12 ‘ I ca n't explain how I feel in words and I do n't know what the future holds , ’ said Tamas , who has been granted political asylum and has applied for Hungarian citizenship .
13 ‘ I ca n't think where I 've seen her before . ’
14 I do n't know then , I ca n't think where I know him from , .
15 Ca n't think where you got that impression . ’
16 ‘ Well , I ca n't think where she is then , ’ shrugged Enid .
17 Cos I ca n't think where she 's
18 ‘ I ca n't think where it 's gone ’ , she said .
19 Ca n't remember where I was and I was I ear-holing really , I was listening to a conversation that this woman was having ca n't think where it was dad !
20 ‘ He 's a clever boy , ’ Sidney said , ‘ but I ca n't think where he gas it from . ’
21 Steve 's due back tomorrow evening … he 'll have to leave before then but I ca n't think where he 'll go . ’
22 They should never have let him into the RAF — ca n't think why they did n't spot it .
23 Ca n't think why and I ca n't think why they should think they must n't go on Pan Am cos Pan Am are a target
24 ‘ Well , I ca n't think why we should be praying for them , ’ Benny said with mock indignation .
25 ‘ I 'm cold , ’ she complained , ‘ I ca n't think why we came up here . ’
26 Ca n't think why we ever got rid of the old bat .
27 ‘ I ca n't think why we did n't hold the ball outside , ’ said Ayling coming in with newspapers under his arm .
28 Ca n't think why we 've stuck so long with people who knew something about the job . ’
29 No , no , I ca n't think why we ca n't find .
30 Ca n't think why nobody else has taken it over . ’
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