Example sentences of "[adj] i ca " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it so happens , you might say well all these years retired I ca n't be much good at the job , you 'll be interested to know that I give talks to groups which include retiring tax inspectors . |
| 2 | Well , I mean you may be right I ca n't be I 'm not I 'm not absolutely certain myself but er it would be nice to think that we were represented at a local authority level , yeah , by different cross-sections of our community . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm very sorry I ca n't oblige you with cigarettes for her , sir . |
| 4 | Sorry I ca n't do any better . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Sorry I ca n't be of more help . |
| 6 | I 'm sorry I ca n't erm . |
| 7 | I 'm sorry I ca n't help . |
| 8 | Say I 'm sorry I ca n't remember . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , but sir , I mean , Berndt , I 'm sorry I ca n't be more helpful . |
| 10 | Sorry I ca n't stay , but then you 've already got company . ’ |
| 11 | Sorry I ca n't be more specific but for different Leos , the surprises will take different forms . |
| 12 | I 'm sorry I ca n't boil all this information down , but I hope it helps you prepare a brief for Peter Johnson . |
| 13 | And last night it was : ‘ Look , write a ‘ Sorry I ca n't ’ letter and I 'll have it photocopied and send it out to every number in the Yellow Pages . ’ |
| 14 | Ah , I 'm sorry I ca n't comment . |
| 15 | Sorry I ca n't turn you up . |
| 16 | Sorry I ca n't agree with Mr erm planning policy guidance three quite clearly indicates that S S S I 's for example are a strategic matter to be taken into account in locating new settlements . |
| 17 | ‘ Sorry I ca n't help you . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm sorry I ca n't read that . |
| 19 | Sorry I ca n't be more helpful than that . |
| 20 | I am sorry I ca n't be any more help with that at this stage what I can do is to take that question away and circulate the information after I 've done some sums . |
| 21 | What help us , we we 'll go to we 'll direct the questions to different people erm and if you agree , just say you agree so that we do n't have er erm a session of people just rec reciting what everybody else has said , but if we start with you erm Jim , sorry I ca n't see the |
| 22 | I felt and this is the bit I like , I , I some I , I used to set this at one point in the examination question and ask people to guess which American president said it I 'll read , I 'll read it to you measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation just , I 'll just get the essence of that , measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation ninety percent put Richard Nixon er no one put Abraham Lincoln er cos he was one of the good guys right or wrong I assume this ground I could not feel that to the best of my ability I had even tried to preserve the if to save James Buchanan is essentially the Pontius Pilate of American politics he says yes these are very acute problems er and very difficult er and I 'd like to help but I 'm sorry I ca n't and I really do have to go off and wash my hands now erm and , you know , you carry on and when you 've resolved it tell me what you want me to do and I 'll , |
| 23 | People are ringing up and no I 'm sorry I ca n't come out because I 'm too busy . |
| 24 | Sorry I ca n't help you more . |
| 25 | Sorry I ca n't promise more than that . ’ |
| 26 | He squeaked out brief remarks then walked round shaking hands and wearing badges reading : ‘ Sorry I ca n't talk ’ and ‘ You did a good job . ’ |
| 27 | Well I 'm sorry I ca n't erm |
| 28 | Sorry I ca n't , I ca n't see against the window |
| 29 | Sorry I ca n't really sort of say I must admit I could n't really see why they should be like that really cos I mean it is a bit puzzling cos if they 've only just done anything , they 've only been tampering with this finger so |
| 30 | And then you have a we sorry , I 'm sorry I ca n't do it that week , I 've got a weeks holiday . |