Example sentences of "ca n't [adv] [verb] [pos pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll either hint I was downright dishonest to sign the contract in the first place or they 'll make out I ca n't even spell my own name . |
| 2 | But that makes now a good time for a little discreet character assassination , suggest the old boy ca n't even control his own Private Office . |
| 3 | It 's iniquitous , ’ he said on a shaky breath , ‘ that because of them , I ca n't even tell my own parents — let alone Naylor or Will or Hugo — about my love for her . |
| 4 | ‘ By the sod , Brother , I ca n't even govern my own house . ’ |
| 5 | They ca n't even meet their own boyfriends outside the club-they 've got to go right outside the area . |
| 6 | Kathy those documents have been there all week and you not taken the trouble to look at them but you will quip about the poll tax and its iniquities but you ca n't even read your own poll tax notice . |
| 7 | I mean a lot of mine I ca n't even remember me own number plate . |
| 8 | I think they have a cheek to complain about people writing other people 's press releases when they ca n't even write their own speeches , they just take a bit of their leaders and claim it as their own . |
| 9 | ‘ What 's the good of going on about contraception when you ca n't even get your own head together . ’ |
| 10 | The thing is that you ca n't always judge your own work , this is the value of working together . |