Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They ca n't think further ahead than four years , can they ? |
| 2 | For them to develop properly they need guidance and a good example , and you ca n't do much better than have somebody like Fergie in your setup — somebody who has done and seen it all . ’ |
| 3 | The simple mouse-and-icons approach means putting together new forms or reports ought to be a doddle ; and for functions like queries or browsing , you ca n't do much better than the GUI . |
| 4 | You ca n't do any better than this ? |
| 5 | You know fair enough , some of the older men ca n't move as fast as a eighteen year old , but on the other hand it 's what they got in their head that counts . |
| 6 | I 'm aware that you ca n't move too fast because of your audience . |
| 7 | I think the way it should be tackled is speak to about it , say that we still believe that y'know it ca n't go on forever obviously it ca n't go on forever because I think the longer it goes on the worse it 'll become in all honesty |
| 8 | right , tie it off in a reef knot , if you 've got bits that are left dangling they 're too long and you ca n't go round again because it 's gon na make it too tight , you can either tuck them in or else you can fold them down , a nice clean plaster and put it right over the top , okay ? |
| 9 | He ca n't go up alone until he 's 16 . |
| 10 | I 'd rather have the doctor saying that I ca n't go home rather than me signing myself out . |
| 11 | We 're both disabled : my wife is almost completely unable to walk , and I ca n't go very far because I 've recently lost half a lung |
| 12 | I ca n't go back now because in Africa you ca n't go back without any qualifications . |
| 13 | ‘ You ca n't go down again because if you do you 'll be guzzled up at once . |
| 14 | Well we ca n't go out tomorrow cos Amy 's got a party . |
| 15 | Well you ca n't go out then cos it 'll be snowing right |
| 16 | ‘ We 're set for the end of the century , ’ he says , ‘ but you ca n't look much further than that , can you ? ’ |
| 17 | I can only compose at night , so that I ca n't get up early as well ; besides , one is not always in the mood for working . |
| 18 | Yeah well I ca n't , I ca n't get any further than that . |
| 19 | Occasionally you 'd get er hiccups you know where you ca n't get down there because the ground is boggy and it takes a little longer , and that sort of thing but the availability of water is , is , is pre-planned and given to you . |
| 20 | We , we ca n't get down there because that 's two days you know ? |
| 21 | So it ca n't come up here while I 'm up there . |
| 22 | Well we 'll pop down , oh we ca n't pop down tomorrow unless we go before , get in the morning , before we go to work across to Steve 's , if it 's fine it 'll be a good walk over there |
| 23 | Two apart ca n't live as cheaply as two together . |
| 24 | He says : ‘ I can manage — course I ca n't live down there where I was . |
| 25 | I ca n't run as fast as you ! ’ |
| 26 | I have very , very small hands , but even for me , I ca n't write comfortably more than half way across that page . |