Example sentences of "can [not/n't] go [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He ca n't go on forever but there 's still plenty of life in him yet . ’ |
| 2 | I think the way it should be tackled is speak to about it , say that we still believe that y'know it ca n't go on forever obviously it ca n't go on forever because I think the longer it goes on the worse it 'll become in all honesty |
| 3 | right , tie it off in a reef knot , if you 've got bits that are left dangling they 're too long and you ca n't go round again because it 's gon na make it too tight , you can either tuck them in or else you can fold them down , a nice clean plaster and put it right over the top , okay ? |
| 4 | He ca n't go up alone until he 's 16 . |
| 5 | I 'd rather have the doctor saying that I ca n't go home rather than me signing myself out . |
| 6 | We 're both disabled : my wife is almost completely unable to walk , and I ca n't go very far because I 've recently lost half a lung |
| 7 | I ca n't go back now because in Africa you ca n't go back without any qualifications . |
| 8 | ‘ You ca n't go down again because if you do you 'll be guzzled up at once . |
| 9 | Pretends he ca n't go anywhere alone and this is a chance for Tony to get some time to himself . |
| 10 | Well we ca n't go out tomorrow cos Amy 's got a party . |
| 11 | Well you ca n't go out then cos it 'll be snowing right |
| 12 | ‘ The talks can not go on indefinitely if the IRA go on killing and bombing and Mr Adams does n't come out to signal any opposition to them . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I am to be questioned and interfered with and hounded , not to be left , doing a job of work the way I choose , a necessary job , a job our sister has made tediously inevitable , a job the result of which may save us from potential disgrace , even if we can not go so far as to expect it to improve our situation out of all recognition . |
| 14 | We can not go so far as that ; and I lay it down as fact that there never has been a real complete sceptic . |
| 15 | On the one hand towards a more realist approach which is essential but can not go too far because if pursued at other than a meso-scale level is in danger of leading towards natural and biological sciences . |