Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't beat it for a breath of fresh air — wing walking . |
| 2 | All you have ever read about the delights of fast-jet aerobatics still ca n't prepare you for the utter , mind-blowing super-smooth , almost silent exhilaration of the real thing ! |
| 3 | ‘ And you ca n't blame him for the way we 've been conceding goals . |
| 4 | We discussed erm erm other places for people to meet et cetera has actually been closed down , some some problem with the is n't it , erm but they ca n't use it for the public so erm that was , it was just left that we 'll have another meeting in March and looking around for alternative places to meet , but that 's all to report on that . |
| 5 | Er what I actually mean is whenever you have an idiom , you can substitute in the position of a whole sentence or of a verb phrase , but you ca n't substitute it for a subject and a verb , leaving the object of the sentence intact . |