Example sentences of "ca [adv] [verb] [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You ca n't eat no animal fat at all
2 If a Zener diode is connected across the d.c. output ( as shown dotted in Fig 1 ) then the voltage ca n't exceed the Zener voltage .
3 you ca n't ignore THE DRUGS EXPLOSION
4 you , you ca n't carry , oh where 's the think that goes on the back ? , oh there , there we are , you ca n't carry the milk pet back because we ca n't put your foot rest up high like we can with the front one , so there 's nothing to balance it on , and if you drop it , the big plastic bottle will burst open , wo n't it ? put this rain hood
5 But manager Howard Wilkinson 's hopes that Batty would be available to spark a revival at Elland Road were dashed yesterday when the player said : ‘ I ca n't set a comeback date and if things do n't improve soon I 'll have to see a specialist . ’
6 It 's a pity you ca n't manage the return trip by yourself , but it would be too much for a woman alone .
7 Well I ca n't wear a wedding ring now , it , just cos it 's so wide , it 's a really wide one .
8 But that 's the same as if you willed spouse had died before you for instance , and you were the second of two to die and she had n't or she might have everything to the children and you still got a hundred and sixty thousand pounds , you ca n't avoid the inheritance tax in those circumstances .
9 Well , I think that the erm , the , as Frank has said , they , they have a strong college list for this year , the school business should be they ca n't repeat the maths programme success of last year although there is follow up business in other states .
10 ‘ I ca n't do a riding turn , darling , ’ said his wife .
11 You ca n't pull the bobble hat over my eyes .
12 That , however , is very different from arguing that the introduction of PR or the demands of Charter 88 will at the very best , provide anything but the most marginal relief to those who are unemployed , without a home or ca n't pay the poll tax .
13 He ca n't pay the television licence and tosses up every week between washing powder , toothpaste or soap : " I can only afford one at a time — personal hygiene is an expensive item . "
14 You ca n't pass every hard-luck case by . ’
15 I ca n't beat a London cabbie in rush-hour traffic .
16 My word , you ca n't beat a dawn journey , ’ he said , pleased .
17 Why then do I remain seated for Sally Field , in soft focus , gulping back emotion , Sigourney Weaver groping for emotion — any emotion — and Kathleen Turner proving once again that she ca n't open a fridge door without flexing a buttock .
18 I ca n't fit a cooker hood in my kitchen so can you give me some advice on extractors ?
19 Meanwhile this young woman ca n't face a court case and must stay put until she finds new accommodation .
20 The exchange which I began , ‘ Could one of you give me a hand with these lunatics ? ’ went as follows : ‘ Sorry sport , international regulations ; ca n't leave the flight deck . ’
21 The spreadsheet ca n't handle an interest rate of 0% , so you have to insert a small number , such as 0.00000001% , in cell B9 .
22 And so we 've got to desire to have our broken relationship with God restored , you see we need to receive what God offers in Christ , the fact that Christ died for our sins does not mean a thing to us until we say yes I accept it for me , I believe you died for me , I receive it , I 'm linked into it , you see your house can be , let me give you a very simple illustration , your house is linked up with er Eastern Electricity and there is so many er I du n no what , what the what it is , but there is the power there , the there are , there are kilo watts of power on tap in your home , but in the winter you 're cold , when it gets dark outside , it 's dark inside the cooker , the electric cooker does n't work , the fridge is not operating the food is going rotten , you ca n't watch a programme on television , why , because you have n't plugged into the source of the power , it 's as simple as that , you ca n't blame the Electricity Board , it 's not Eastern Electricity 's fault it 's your fault because all the plugs are out of the sockets and it does n't matter what the Electricity Board does short of blowing up your house , they can do nothing for you and it does n't matter what God has done in Christ until we as it were to also plug in , it does n't mean a thing to us , but the moment we link in , that 's the change , the lights come on , there 's , there 's heat there , the stove works , the , the radio , the television , the record player , they 're all operating , the freezer 's working , the situation has changed , we needs to receive what God offers us in Christ
23 You ca n't miss the ship Inn at newhnam on severn — it 's new bright colour has tickled some villagers pink — but left others seeing red .
24 You ca n't miss the ship Inn at newhnam on severn — it 's new bright colour has tickled some villagers pink — but left others seeing red .
25 As one IBMer said : ‘ You ca n't build a $60billion corporation out of selling $400 networking cards . ’
26 No we ca n't go the Friday morning
27 It was a coup d'etat. ’ -Margaret Thatcher ‘ As for the leaders of the former Alliance parties , I will say no more than this : they have never learned what every woman knows — that you ca n't make a souffle rise twice . ’
28 On Thursday night you ca n't make a phone call , if you ca n't
29 Well you ca n't make a wedding cake without glace cherries .
30 I know Steve asked if we could go back to Thursdays cos he ca n't make a Wednesday night .
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