Example sentences of "can [not/n't] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's like other day , we were talking to this bloke like , and he were on about businesses , says you ca n't underst , oh he said something about finances , how difficult it is to get finance to start a business up and er , he said , I know , he said you ca n't me , he said . |
| 2 | I said oh you cunt , said I 'm your troop you ca n't me go in there , he says try me , I said bastard so I fucking right sea , fucking over the right you can come out now , marched back out again gave them a right old on the way back again , get changed again , alright , I thought you cunt |
| 3 | And Why Ca n't I Stop ? by Reg Guttering . |
| 4 | And madam in all innocence said , ‘ Well why ca n't I do Carmen ? ’ |
| 5 | I paid good money for that , I said , ca n't I just have a last go on it ? |
| 6 | Why , he asks , ca n't I be more like him , calm , assured ? |
| 7 | ‘ Ca n't I have just one night in the whole year to myself ? |
| 8 | ‘ Ca n't I go back home ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Ca n't I stay , Mum . |
| 10 | ‘ Ca n't I go to my own tailor ? ’ |
| 11 | Ca n't I have a wash and a change first , sergeant ? ’ |
| 12 | WHY CA N'T I WEAR WHAT I LIKE ? |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , why ca n't I do anything right ? ’ |
| 14 | I asked myself each time , Why ca n't I make the pot boil ? |
| 15 | Ca n't I have any bleedin' peace ? ’ |
| 16 | Ludens thought , why ca n't I do that , why ca n't I just ask a woman to hold my hand , why ca n't I ask Franca to ! |
| 17 | Ludens thought , why ca n't I do that , why ca n't I just ask a woman to hold my hand , why ca n't I ask Franca to ! |
| 18 | Ludens thought , why ca n't I do that , why ca n't I just ask a woman to hold my hand , why ca n't I ask Franca to ! |
| 19 | Why ca n't I ever behave like the person I want to be ? |
| 20 | ‘ Ca n't I go along the burn ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Ca n't I do it here and now ? ’ |
| 22 | No wonder that John , in his later Stuttgart years living with Dieter Gräfe and Reid Anderson , would say enviously , ‘ It 's easy for you — why ca n't I find somebody ? ’ |
| 23 | Sir , ca n't I be in the team ? |
| 24 | I have a mind , why ca n't I use it to some good in a way that will give me satisfaction if nothing else ? |
| 25 | ‘ But why ca n't I join Brownies , Mummy ? ’ she asked for the twentieth time . |
| 26 | ‘ Ca n't I go through ? ’ |
| 27 | Why do I have to carry them around — why ca n't I just remember them ? |
| 28 | I can really put it on when I try , ca n't I ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll do it I 'll do it I 'll do it — they ca n't I wo n't let them I wo n't let … 'S hiding he 's hiding he 's hiding … only comes out for me … 'S crying , he 's crying inside … ’ |
| 30 | I had hoped you would be able to help me but since you say you ca n't I shall have to pursue other avenues . |