Example sentences of "ca n't [vb infin] i [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right , and I think that erm , yes , there 's a notion that I find useful in talking to students that we all have a comfort zone , there are all things that we know about , that we know how to do and if anything comes up — I mean in business it might be accountancy , we do n't all know how to handle figures , and so that 's an area that we 've hived off in that area and we all know that when we do that we are , as it were , giving up a bit ; we 're saying ‘ well , I ca n't manage I just do n't have I ca n't do that , it 's not for me ’ . |
| 2 | I ca n't see me ever catching up … ( pointing to a nearby block of flats ) … see that dump over there ? |
| 3 | it 's , it 's fair do all together anyway I ca n't see me ever painting a car again |
| 4 | Well I think I 'll start off by telling you a little bit about myself erm , I 'm a writer and I live in Durham , my work is here and I 've also work abroad , if anybody ca n't hear me please say |
| 5 | well I think erm , the short answer is that I ca n't erm , erm provide the parties with any time on Friday , er , the case , this case has already some what over run it 's estimate , which has put pressure on the commercial judge as it is , there 's gon na be even more pressure on Friday , erm , I 'm afraid to say the , that the complexities of this case as such that I can not erm begin to think that even if we started at ten we would erm , necessarily finish within the hour , I have difficulties starting at ten o'clock anyway , I think we 'll simply have to erm , put the matter off , off until Monday morning I , Mr ca n't attend I really do n't think that I can erm put it off er any longer than that |
| 6 | You can catch me but you ca n't catch me yet Come on mum , they want you talking ! |
| 7 | Though ca n't say I ever had call to . ’ |
| 8 | While I ca n't say I actually enjoyed the experience — as usual , two shirts flaked me out and put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day — I did find the whole process a whole lot easier on the nerves than throwing a glass of water across a shirt in the hope that somehow the creases , along with the water , would eventually evaporate . |
| 9 | The boys like watching but I ca n't say I greatly enjoy it myself . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't say I really care how I strike you , Mr Sterne … ’ |
| 11 | He ca n't believe I really mean it . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't believe I actually stood here and let you — maul me . ’ |
| 13 | I ca n't believe I actually bought Benson but they never said that |