Example sentences of "ca n't [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , Oh you ca n't sack her for that ! |
| 2 | And somehow , but I ca n't explain it in that moment that what community 's about it 's about the not yet as well your . |
| 3 | You ca n't treat me like that . |
| 4 | You ca n't treat me like this ! |
| 5 | ‘ You ca n't fool me with all that John Smith nonsense ! ’ |
| 6 | They ca n't fool me with that ‘ powdering my nose ’ act . |
| 7 | You ca n't fool me on that score . ’ |
| 8 | We ca n't acquire it by any other means other than receiving the gift as God the gracious giver makes it available . |
| 9 | But it is a part which gives me so much pain that sometimes I ca n't bear it — ca n't bear it at all . ’ |
| 10 | You ca n't do it on that . |
| 11 | It is always dangerous to break things down because people will rightly object : ‘ you ca n't do it like that , it would n't be fair ’ . |
| 12 | Present accounts to somebody else you ca n't do it like that can you ? |
| 13 | I ca n't do it like that I ca n't just turn it on |
| 14 | I 'll try that and see what , oh I ca n't do it like that . |
| 15 | Ca n't do it like that can you ? |
| 16 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 17 | ‘ We ca n't tip her after that , ’ said Felicity . |
| 18 | certainly I think er we 'd be looking perhaps for a minimum of er er of one mile but I ca n't advise you on any level of agreement as to as to what any definition of it . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't compare her with any of the top horses I 've trained because I just do n't know how good she is . |
| 20 | And … and you ca n't leave me like this , with nothing … |
| 21 | I ca n't leave them like this ! ’ |
| 22 | We ca n't leave her in this state for the doctor to examine ! ’ |
| 23 | Well I ca n't leave it like this can I ? |
| 24 | ‘ Well at least I 'll get them into the kitchen for you , I ca n't leave you with all this mess , can I Chrissy ? ’ |
| 25 | He ca n't handle it with all this swearing can he ? |
| 26 | Ca n't blame me for that ! |
| 27 | You ca n't blame me for that . |
| 28 | Looking at it , I ca n't blame him for that . |
| 29 | I ca n't make it past that door . |
| 30 | Even if you ca n't make it to this Aladdin 's cave of a track where diners have access to all the latest betting news at the touch of a button , there 's always the 0891 numbers . |