Example sentences of "ca [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't feel benevolent and sympathetic , you ca n't just want everything to be nice , as if Jack were a child , and as if I were a child . |
| 2 | ‘ I can understand your reluctance to talk about what 's happened but you ca n't just push it to one side . |
| 3 | Yeah , everyone was going on at how rough they are , I mean you ca n't as I 've said before you ca n't exactly expect them to be super models . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't possibly allow myself to be happy now , because I had an affair/caused a car crash/stole some money/had sex with my brother or sister/ was cruel to my dog/betrayed my best friend — five , ten or twenty years ago . |
| 5 | you ca n't safely send them to the toilet alone . |
| 6 | I ca n't actually give it to you because it will amuse suspicion from the guard . |
| 7 | Er well I ca n't really sing it to you , cos it 's on tape at the moment . |