Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [pron] can [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I 'm happy to serve as long as it is n't you know , I mean I I ca n't give a lot of time because er my time 's so committed . |
| 2 | closing time , if everyone do n't want them , if you want them you ca n't get them . |
| 3 | So they ca n't have any , if we beat them they ca n't have any excuses . |
| 4 | DYNAMIGHT Dynacord Bass Combo & Cabinet Contemporary technology married to traditional principles is fine , but should you buy something you ca n't hear … ? |
| 5 | " Men go to sea before they know the unhappiness of that way of life ; and when they have come to know it they can not escape from it because it is then too late to choose another profession " . |
| 6 | I er I remember always do n't buy what you ca n't afford do n't get anything unless you can pay for it . |
| 7 | But I 've got the sense to know what I ca n't do . |
| 8 | But you always want what you ca n't have , do n't you . |
| 9 | He failed the test and the reward has gone to someone else and it is not , Anna said fiercely to herself , pressing her palms to her closed eyes , it is not fair that he should never know what he can not do , that he should always set himself targets he ca n't achieve , that he should never be allowed to progress . |
| 10 | ‘ You told me you ca n't afford to start your own stud yet , and so what would you do if you did go home ? |
| 11 | He did , but exactly what was said I I ca n't recall I I was just concerned at that time to er to get the man safely down onto the floor and secure him . |
| 12 | to get the job done which we can not recover . |
| 13 | I told you I ca n't get them everyday now ! |
| 14 | Now you you 're very keen on remembering everything you ca n't remember everything |
| 15 | Yes I think I should because a friend of mine said you 'd written one I ca n't find a book actually I do n't want a a proper book on breeding and all this sort of business I just want to know the character of these dogs |
| 16 | Rang up Doreen and told her I can not come after all . |
| 17 | So once you 've done it you ca n't sell any more even though there are two or three people in the wings saying can I go into it . |
| 18 | Most people say say you ca n't do it you ca n't do that can you go on . |
| 19 | I ca n't resist it , once I 've made it I ca n't resist it . |
| 20 | But you can do what I ca n't do , I can do what you ca n't do . |
| 21 | But you can do what I ca n't do , I can do what you ca n't do . |
| 22 | So we 'd better get back behind our lines , because if the Germans catch us I ca n't believe they 'll invite us to join 'em for tea and crumpet . ’ |
| 23 | What you ca n't do anything you ca n't change anything about your voice or your laugh . |
| 24 | Consultants can not do anything you ca n't do yourself . ’ |
| 25 | I mean you you ca n't run a course |
| 26 | They ca n't gas you they ca n't chair you they can keep you away from your parents for the rest of your life . |
| 27 | But Chris I ca n't see them I ca n't see them making a fire like that that your heat 's gon na go all up the chimney , no way . |
| 28 | But Mansell , who has clashed verbally and physically with the triple champion said : ‘ My boss Frank Williams has told me he ca n't stop people like Ayrton phoning him or coming to his room . |
| 29 | So then then you 've got the thing that is not measured which we ca n't measure is the disrupti the the cost of the disruption to all the other customers |
| 30 | ‘ I 've already told you we ca n't go back , ’ she said at last , in a subdued voice . |