Example sentences of "ca [adv] [verb] [adv] [conj] say " in BNC.

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1 I 'm sorry , I 'm not going to tell you what to do because you are under test , I ca n't sit down and say do this , do that , you 've got to make a decision yourself to go for it .
2 On a personal level I ca n't go off and say ‘ Bye darling ’ , I 'll see you in a few years .
3 ‘ I ca n't look back and say , ‘ hey , maybe I should have stayed at school ’ .
4 We ca n't turn round and say , sorry we ca n't afford to assess you , there is a requirement that if somebody presents themselves , we have to assess their needs .
5 like before the break when you want to have a permanent record of what you 'd done so that you ca n't turn round and say well I do n't remember them conversation
6 They asked for it they got it , they ca n't turn around and say we 're too busy to deal with it it was their idea
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