Example sentences of "you ca [not/n't] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you can only encourage them you ca n't make them do it . |
| 2 | No you ca n't make them buy them , no . |
| 3 | You ca n't make them come off they 're blimming boots . |
| 4 | You may be responsible for my being here , but you ca n't make me stay . ’ |
| 5 | Then with greater determination , ‘ You ca n't make me stay here . ’ |
| 6 | You ca n't make me do anything against my will ! ’ |
| 7 | " I wo n't go , you ca n't make me go ! " |
| 8 | You ca n't make me go back with you . |
| 9 | ‘ Even if you do find him , you ca n't make him go back to your sister , ’ she said slowly . |
| 10 | You can take a newt to water , but you ca n't make him swim . |
| 11 | With a timid child , you can take her to the mum-and-toddler group , but you ca n't make her play . |
| 12 | If there is one overriding golden rule with feeding any plant , but especially with roses , it is the meaning of the old saying ‘ you can lead a horse to water , but you ca n't make it drink ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ You ca n't make it talk , ’ Fred said . |
| 14 | But it 's something that 's happened and you ca n't make it unhappen . |
| 15 | It 's very frustrating to fit a new drive , only to find you ca n't make it work because the cable wo n't reach . |
| 16 | World population , erm probably what I 'm gon na have to do is , although they , they said you ca n't do it do n't get any ideas about doing it with because it 's not possible . |
| 17 | it 's very hard , if you ca n't do it go to the Snow White picture and colour the picture |
| 18 | Ah , ah , ah but , ah but you ca n't let me see , you do n't , you do n't remember the war years when I used to be in town while she was out . |
| 19 | You ca n't let him burn . ’ |
| 20 | You ca n't let him do this , Ace . |
| 21 | ‘ You ca n't let him go , ’ she screamed . |
| 22 | ‘ You ca n't let him go off like that , ’ hissed Rayleen loudly . |
| 23 | ‘ I suppose you ca n't let him have it back when the fingerprinting 's been done ? ’ |
| 24 | You ca n't let him die by inches like this . " |
| 25 | You ca n't let him act like that ! ’ continued the other woman , and Agnes noticed that as she spoke she kept rapidly shaking her head from left to right and right to left , at the same time lifting her shoulders and eyebrows expressing indignant astonishment that someone had refused to respect her friend 's human rights . |
| 26 | You ca n't let him get away with it ! |
| 27 | So if you 're on full energy and have a potion of healing while your buddy 's damn-near dead , it 's tough — you ca n't let him swig it ! |
| 28 | I mean , you ca n't let them come here and think they can walk all over you , because then next time they come they 'll get a bit cocky and think they can do what they want . |
| 29 | ‘ You ca n't let them get hold of her , Rachaela . |
| 30 | You ca n't let it show , can you ? |