Example sentences of "ca not [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 'd rather have the doctor saying that I ca n't go home rather than me signing myself out . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | ‘ We 're set for the end of the century , ’ he says , ‘ but you ca n't look much further than that , can you ? ’ |
| 10 | Yeah well I ca n't , I ca n't get any further than that . |
| 11 | Two apart ca n't live as cheaply as two together . |
| 12 | I ca n't run as fast as you ! ’ |
| 13 | I have very , very small hands , but even for me , I ca n't write comfortably more than half way across that page . |