Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] [verb] [adv prt] at [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | mental institution and having to give up his job because once they get that position if they speak out , in any way , for instance the Civil Service you ca n't speak out at all even if you can see something that you know is wrong |
2 | I would n't of minded it , but I , I ca n't stop up at that like |
3 | Stewpid is up on traction , which means his arm is up in the air , so that he ca n't lie down at all , even to sleep . |
4 | He ca n't come down at Kisangani airport because Gog is there with a lot of his guards . |
5 | You ca n't stand at the front door and say no you ca n't come in at all apart from its being completely irrational erm the point would be that , because I have an obligation to carry out this work , I have a right to the means to fulfil that obligation . |
6 | I said , you know , we ca n't back out at this stage . |
7 | You hate me when I turn up in the sexy German motor , you hate me when I ca n't turn up at all . |
8 | But that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Nev will be coming at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm it 's just you know it 's just happened . |
9 | Yes , and she phoned me and she said I feel as though I dropped out of the bottom of the world she said , you know , I just do n't see anybody , I said well of course you were working on Mondays , you see she used to have Mondays to herself and I would often go round on a Monday afternoon and , we , we could talk , but that 's gone and I said I ca n't run in at half past five when you get home from school and chat to you because Ned will be coming home at six and I do n't want to be there all that often when he 's there erm its you know , its just happened and I also thought to myself and I 'm probably going to move a lot further away then Fen Lane . |