Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lions , for example , may snooze for up to 20 hours a day — and they , after all , ca n't rely on an owner for some convenient tinned catfood . |
| 2 | It is more passive in the sense that we ca n't interact with a text , we ca n't affect the development of the text by our own words , since the text 's words are already given . |
| 3 | I mean , you ca n't socialize with a cook ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We ca n't talk about a cinema audience in general any more . |
| 5 | I 'll get my diary , ca n't talk without a diary . |
| 6 | You ca n't explain to a child . ‘ |
| 7 | It is the sort of thing you ca n't explain to a child . ’ |
| 8 | But I ca n't think of a way to power an engine aboard ship which does n't require fire and water . |
| 9 | I wish I could find out about R , for instance , but I ca n't think of a way to do it . |
| 10 | You know er I ca n't think of a work we 've done now but er |
| 11 | As Pedulla say , these basses are designed as pure playing instruments , although I ca n't think of a manufacturer who 'd admit to any other motive for building guitars . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't think of a toast , ’ he said . |
| 13 | okay just think of a time when you were assertive and you all everybody think of a time when you were assertive , can you think of a time , anybody ca n't think of a time when they were assertive ? |
| 14 | I ca n't think of a time when I would be going by myself in the near future . |
| 15 | You ca n't think of a ship as having an emotional life divided between the attachment to its anchors and the call of the tides , ’ I said . |
| 16 | I ca n't think of a reason why the Czar or his advisers should want to murder British agents . |
| 17 | ‘ She is not the sort to lie about something like this and I ca n't think of a reason why she would , ’ said Christopher Grenside , 85 . |
| 18 | But I ca n't think of an occasion when I 'd go by myself . |
| 19 | But they can just look through so they can say I ca n't think of an accent let's have a quick look through this list . |
| 20 | You ca n't drink without a cigarette ? |
| 21 | I ca n't do in a minute |
| 22 | You know , I ca n't stay for a week in silence . |
| 23 | I do n't want the lads thinking I 'm some sort of wimp , that ca n't cope with a bit of shock . ’ |
| 24 | Jip and Zab 's father claims that computer logic , unlike human logic , ‘ ca n't cope with a word used in a figurative sense , or with humour , which depends on wordplay , which is like assigning two values to a character ’ ( 87 ) . |
| 25 | She had replied that it still seemed an expensive policy compared with even the dearest of umbrellas , and George had thought about that and said : ‘ You ca n't piss into an umbrella , either . |
| 26 | ‘ Well then , I ca n't complain about a man who does his own boots , can I ? |
| 27 | You ca n't speak to a computer . |
| 28 | I ca n't sleep with a light on . |
| 29 | ‘ I can not eat properly and I ca n't sleep before a round , I get very nervous . |
| 30 | Of 1992 , which saw the couple split as well as her topless pictures with friend Johnny Bryan , Fergie said : ‘ I ca n't go through a year like this ever again . |