Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] [verb] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't isolate stress from the general management context . ’ |
| 2 | It ca n't draw power from the serial port , however . |
| 3 | Xircom does n't do any kind of battery pack and the adaptors ca n't draw power from the port itself — so you 're stuffed . |
| 4 | I think we ca n't do justice to the point you 've raised in the time at our disposal , but it is a very important issue . |
| 5 | I ca n't stand creepers on the walls ! |
| 6 | I ca n't stand minis at the best of times , but that 's hilarious ! |
| 7 | He ca n't tell Dad about the deportation . |
| 8 | I ca n't pass judgment at the moment cos I du n no what it 's like |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't answer questions over the telephone . |
| 10 | ‘ I want to avoid it , ’ he said of the ‘ little incidents ’ , but , when pressed , added : ‘ You ca n't control footballers on the field . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He ca n't leave London at the moment , ’ I answered . |
| 12 | Plants ca n't absorb dioxins from the soil or smoke dust that 's fallen onto their leaves or fruit , so food and drink made from these wo n't contain dioxins . |
| 13 | We ca n't send Karen to the boring Isle of Man with anything less than a nineteen-carat hangover , can we ? ’ |
| 14 | Hairshafts are totally dead , so cutting them ca n't send messages to the hair roots . |
| 15 | ‘ Because if she ca n't make money from the senator 's charter , ’ he went on , ‘ I was thinking of offering her a job or two on my own behalf . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , more than half way through her pregnancy , Suzanne Jones ca n't make plans for the future . |
| 17 | ‘ But you ca n't make war without the Kha-Khan 's permission . ’ |
| 18 | He says they 've tried to sell more but ca n't drag people into the pub . |
| 19 | ‘ Tomorrow , you make sure that he ca n't give details of the formula to anyone else — ever . ’ |
| 20 | They ca n't claim compensation from the government for that . |
| 21 | They ca n't look people in the eye and say : ‘ Oh yeah , I use heroin . |
| 22 | You ca n't merge addresses from the address book into a document , nor can you input data from the database into it . |
| 23 | They ca n't get hold of the medical referee . |
| 24 | ‘ But I ca n't get hold of the mate in question . |
| 25 | If you ca n't get help with the cost of dental treatment |
| 26 | If you ca n't get help with the cost of wigs and fabric supports |
| 27 | If I ca n't get promotion on the basis of all the hard work I 've done for the organisation over the last five years then I do n't know how I can get it . |
| 28 | They ca n't take children to the school door . |
| 29 | K : ‘ The evenings are a very special time but I ca n't take Chloe to the park because there is a hostel for down-and-outs by it and they sit on the park benches drinking and shouting abuse . |
| 30 | ‘ The cartoon characters ca n't have sex with the humans . |