Example sentences of "ca not [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I ca n't even move vroom vroom |
2 | the chef ca n't even make garlic butter on a slice of toast . |
3 | But that money has been frozen while the Maxwell empire is investigated , and Mr Govier ca n't even claim unemployment benefit . |
4 | If I , and salad cream I ca n't e I ca n't even put salad cream on a salad |
5 | That would usually be called an engine , and in a car the engine just burns petrol and produces the mechanical energy in the shaft which turns the wheels , so the course is learning about the nature of mechanical forces and energy , thermal forces and energy and of the conversion of one form of energy to another , and in the process you learn that there are fundamental scientific laws — in particular the second law of thermo-dynamics — which says that you ca n't necessarily go form energy in one form with a hundred percent efficiency to getting it out in another form , so this limitation on your ability to convert from one form into another without waste in fact comes into many , many processes and every day processes . |