Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] can [not/n't] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Having died they can not do this themselves , but the Roman Catholic church teaches that the cleansing can be effected by the ‘ prayers and … good works ’ of those still alive . |
| 32 | It 's no good someone like me being told they ca n't have any more when you 're still ravenously hungry . |
| 33 | Now acknowledging what you say Rog , if you consider he ca n't do that work , then as the next phase what we 're gon na have to do , you and I , is to see what action we can take . |
| 34 | Do you think we can can , yes do you think we can not get any more orders this month ? |
| 35 | He insists we ca n't afford another baby , and that 's that . |
| 36 | ‘ You know I ca n't do that . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ You know I ca n't touch this stuff with the liver I 've got — and I barely eat at lunchtime . ’ |
| 38 | Or why did Stef kidnap well I , you know I ca n't understand this girl , because she 's been in er , I mean she must of seen him when , when he 's approached her to buy the house |
| 39 | I spect she ca n't get another job or summat . |
| 40 | The income is 168 hours and remember you can not increase this even in times of severe inflation — you have all the time there is . |
| 41 | You know , I do , I know we ca n't take that . |
| 42 | well I know they ca n't help that |
| 43 | ‘ Well , I know he ca n't do much about his hair , or his nose … |
| 44 | You do n't hear women saying I ca n't do that cos that 's a man 's job ! |
| 45 | But cos mathematicians are a bit crackers , we want , we do n't like saying I ca n't do that . |
| 46 | 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 ’ . |
| 47 | Yet I feel I can not do that without offending you , Li Yuan . |
| 48 | I honestly feel I can not do any more to prove myself . |
| 49 | George is saying things to him and they 're saying you ca n't do this and they ca n't do that , well they can do what they want ca n't they ? |
| 50 | Now if we 're saying you can not ascertain this surplus , then why is the employer allowed to take money out ? |
| 51 | Sneezy was Robin Cook ( ‘ he 's going to catch a cold when he finds you can not solve all problems by throwing money at them ’ ) and Dopey , You Know Who . |
| 52 | If you feel you can not do this , or if your relationship before the stroke or head injury was hostile anyway , you should discuss this problem with the doctor before undertaking the responsibility of looking after the patient . |
| 53 | In the US , for instance , the cost of supporting a child to the age of 18 — excluding college fees — is over $100,000 and 50% of American women using contraception are doing so because they feel they ca n't afford another child . |
| 54 | Bill Bill 's coming to me and saying he ca n't do that . |
| 55 | ‘ I suppose it ca n't get any worse . ’ |
| 56 | Paul finds he can not explain this . |
| 57 | I thought I ca n't sing these . |
| 58 | Well the grey come through and I was just sort of I thought I ca n't wait all those years with dark hair . |
| 59 | I mean you look at , see I I 've had , I felt like when I was coughing at work I felt like sitting there and I thought I ca n't believe this . |
| 60 | He 'd take her up and she had only her vest on and her socks , and this was getting winter time , so I thought I ca n't have that . |