Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , I ca n't stay for a week in silence . |
| 2 | The rules are the same you do n't say oh I ca n't go for a ride and I 'm gon na go through announce my |
| 3 | Ca n't stop for a drink . |
| 4 | I ca n't see for a moment because of the crowd . |
| 5 | and all she can think of to say is ( and here he mimicked a heavy filmstar accent which actually was nothing like the actress in the film at all , because the woman in the film is an ordinary , decent , hardworking woman ) , ‘ Oh dahlink , I 'ave missed you so much , ’ and then the first thing she does after waiting for him to come home for seven fucking years is to leave the fucking gas on while she 's making his coffee , and then of course she 's so tense that she just ca n't wait for a fag , she lights up , there you go ; bang . |
| 6 | If you pay for the glasses yourself , you ca n't apply for a refund afterwards ( even if you were entitled to a voucher ) unless they were prescribed through the Hospital Eye Service . |
| 7 | I ca n't imagine for a moment that they will be sitting unwatched in some archive . |