Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean it 's , it 's general I suppose I mean if it would be better to switch it on and off which you can do and er , you know , I mean we ca n't sit here continually talking |
| 2 | ‘ You ca n't start too soon to take care of your skin , ’ Alice said . |
| 3 | Tim and I are just simply out of sync at the moment — I ca n't think how else to put it . |
| 4 | It was a chest wound an' I ca n't do much now wivout gettin' out o' breath , ’ he told her . |
| 5 | Erm against that there is this elephant which appears , and you say we might have it and find a zoo for it , and in fact we ca n't move fast enough to find the zoo . |
| 6 | Anyway , I ca n't stand around here chatting all day . |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't go on just standing by , you know . ’ |
| 8 | Yeah well you ca n't go there not washed and changed . |
| 9 | They ca n't see far enough to make out the hollow . ’ |
| 10 | They do n't have enough oxygen because you just ca n't breathe fast enough to use up that oxygen in that tremendous burst of power . |
| 11 | People argue that if you do n't know the people you are going to meet you ca n't plan how best to behave . |
| 12 | Now this one , if yo , you can work out how it works , cos I ca n't work out how to get that antiperspirant to go on your body . |
| 13 | People do n't go there until they know where to go , and they ca n't find out where to go until they 've been . |