Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] you can [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the pettiest official to the biggest Minister , there 's not one of them you ca n't put a price to . ’ |
| 2 | Because usually you go off to a restaurant and if there 's twenty of you you ca n't sit together can you ? |
| 3 | Some of it you ca n't keep int office and |
| 4 | But if you are a farmer like me you can not avoid winter , whatever your age or physical condition . |
| 5 | ‘ Major 's so far behind him you ca n't see him . ’ |
| 6 | Erm it has become worse in a way that er we did , I did experience some sort of er , er racial intolerance er with the youth , but the middle-aged and the er m older people were very , very er tolerant I had to ask er when I could n't find my way , ask my way to certain places and er there was an that er the lady just walked by me er with me and she , she said I 'll have to walk with you you ca n't find it . |
| 7 | I mean unless somebody 's living in it you ca n't go in the evenings in the winter can you ? |
| 8 | ‘ Her room smells funny , like an old jar with something sticky and brown in it you ca n't tell what it is . ’ |
| 9 | Now to me you ca n't beat a better that 's one of the best insurance people I 've ever been with . |
| 10 | He , he might say to me you ca n't use . |
| 11 | But when it comes down to it you ca n't do it can you ? |
| 12 | An and the other thing is of course , when I first started going on it you ca n't read while you 're on it |
| 13 | And coming off valium was a lot harder because you do n't realize that when you 're on it you ca n't get back off it again . |
| 14 | But what I do say is I am a trustee I am a trustee not of farmer 's land not of your land Mr , not of your land Mr not of your land Mr every person in Leicestershire owns that land , they have got a mark and I 'll tell you sir four thousand five hundred signatures made in one weekend are saying to us you are a trustee of our land , it 's not your land , our land I keep hearing , it 's our land it 's not our land it 's the people of Leicestershire 's land and what the people of Leicestershire land are saying to us sir , they 're saying to us you can not continue this barbaric killing of foxes . |
| 15 | And if you think about it you ca n't get a much bigger turn out than that . |
| 16 | The rowing boat near the weir — only this time they had gone too far and Uncle Albert was not strong enough to row them back to safety ; the study at Uncle Albert 's house looking warm and friendly and inviting ; the professor beetle shouting rude instructions at some little beetles that had got into difficulty ; again a glimpse of her uncle 's study ; then a turnstile — one of those that only turn one way , so once you have passed through it you ca n't get back ; playful light beams now shrieking with fear as they hurtle past the window to their destruction ; walking up the down-escalator and not being able to get anywhere ; yet another brief snatch of the study … |
| 17 | You say words like that and everyone knows what they mean but when you look at them you ca n't understand them . |