Example sentences of "they ca not [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ca n't fool me with that ‘ powdering my nose ’ act . |
| 2 | Sir , we ought to have them nearby us , where we can see what they 're up to … where they ca n't betray us without destroying themselves as well . |
| 3 | They ca n't send him to college . |
| 4 | Shopkeepers have been told they ca n't protect themselves against ramraiders and smash and grab attacks because they 're in a conservation area . |
| 5 | It does mean that they ca n't improve themselves by any small land therefore likely ! evolutionary step : none of their immediate neighbours in the local equivalent of ‘ biomorph space ’ would do any better . |
| 6 | you have to cos they ca n't do nothing with the bits , they give you all the bits |
| 7 | These are pit houses but they ca n't do nowt about these because they 're on the main road you see . |
| 8 | I was gon na say , is n't , they ca n't do anything on them at all ! |
| 9 | And what really bothers me is when people say they ca n't do anything about it . |
| 10 | I suppose if it 's theirs perhaps they ca n't do anything about it . |
| 11 | So presumably if they do n't get bids for those routes then they they ca n't do anything about it . |
| 12 | Only it may feel like such a disaster that , that they feel they ca n't do anything about it , er but you 're saying that that is n't , is n't necessarily the case ? |
| 13 | Well they ca n't do any they ca n't do anything for me I 'm an I 'm an awkward sod ! |
| 14 | still have to do measurements they ca n't do it on the phone you see . |
| 15 | so I had it disconnected , had it disconnected and so I 've asked for it to be re-connected , they ca n't do it until twenty seventh December |
| 16 | So we 're working on the principal that even if the person does wake up in the operation they 're s not going to sue you cos they ca n't feel anything in the area you 're operating in . |
| 17 | Surely they ca n't begrudge us for being a tad sharper round the bends ? |
| 18 | But the DA 's office says they ca n't pin it on them yet . |
| 19 | ‘ The contributors we had are all kind of double-0-seven , cloak-and-dagger types ’ , explained Krishna Littledale , one of the enticers of funds ; ‘ … if you talk very quietly and tell them they ca n't tell anyone about this conference , they will give you a lot more money . ’ |
| 20 | They ca n't see it from my flat . ’ |
| 21 | It says in the first b , yes well , mm , it does n't make sense , because they ca n't have it after seventy one can they ? er , initially . |
| 22 | Well they ca n't push it from the top |
| 23 | Unless everyone knows their rules , they ca n't play them at their own game , and there can be no equality of opportunity . |
| 24 | But they ca n't turn them round the other way ! |
| 25 | But they ca n't turn them round the other way ! |
| 26 | That is why that man said you will not get any more special offers on a Fri Saturday night because they ca n't sell it on a Sunday so you used to see them selling things off on a Saturday five o'clock . |
| 27 | While Lord Young , for the Government , may well favour selling parts of the United Kingdom to Japan ( " They ca n't take it with them " ) there are many who wish the club to remain part of Britain 's heritage . |
| 28 | But the base of the bed is still in the dining room , they ca n't get it up up the stairs although i although it folds up , you know , it 's it 's standing like this in in the dining room . |
| 29 | They ca n't fire me like that . |
| 30 | We discussed erm erm other places for people to meet et cetera has actually been closed down , some some problem with the is n't it , erm but they ca n't use it for the public so erm that was , it was just left that we 'll have another meeting in March and looking around for alternative places to meet , but that 's all to report on that . |