Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [not/n't] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said I ca n't go at nine o'clock I ca n't . |
| 2 | I ca n't cope at all without a tin-opener — I 'm really hopeless — and of course it 's too late to start at my age . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't walk at all . |
| 4 | I ca n't win at all |
| 5 | What happens when ‘ he ’ moves in and I ca n't work at all hours , ca n't eat when I like , ca n't take a bath any time I like , when he insists that I visit his relatives ? |
| 6 | I li , I ca n't look at any of them shops she said . |
| 7 | I mean , I ca n't sew at all ! |
| 8 | ‘ I think John 's between record contracts , too , which I ca n't understand at all . |
| 9 | ‘ I am afraid I can not comment at all , ’ said Sir Donald Hall , deputy chairman of GEC-Marconi . |
| 10 | Names on the short-list are confidential and I can not comment at this stage . ’ |
| 11 | Barrister and writer Nemone Lethbridge , not a fan herself , wrote in TV Times , ‘ I can not laugh at this massive dose of humiliation and embarrassment . |
| 12 | Please note that meetings will not be held on all of the dates given on the form , but I can not say at this early stage how many will actually need to take place . |
| 13 | ‘ I can not proceed at all without your cooperation , and without your trust I will have no light in this darkness . ’ |
| 14 | You ca n't move at more than about fifteen miles an hour maximum down Hurst Road anyway can you ? |
| 15 | Oh yes if something 's on your mind you ca n't sleep at all . |
| 16 | But you ca n't dance at all cos you 're just so packed are n't you ? |
| 17 | Huh , you ca n't complain at that can you ? |
| 18 | It wo n't , for example , recognize joined-up writing and even with individual letters it 's so hit and miss that you ca n't write at any speed because you have to go back to correct all the mistakes it makes . |
| 19 | Well that , you ca n't grumble at that can you ? |
| 20 | Will you please attend for your C T examination on Tuesday the fourth of February nine o'clock , if you can not attend at this time please ring extension |
| 21 | Erm do you believe if , if we erm oh I think we 've already covered that bit right so if I put erm come up with a erm a recommendation that would provide erm an income for your wife in the event of your death erm is there any reason why we ca n't look at this ? |
| 22 | ‘ We can not tell at all how the pol[itica]l situation will develop , ’ wrote Trevelyan to Morel in July 1915 , adding : ‘ There is no hurry . ’ |
| 23 | In considering such arrangements , we can not stick at simple legal considerations ; we must move from questions of ‘ freedom from ’ to questions of ‘ ability to ’ . |
| 24 | That is one of the principal arguments of those on the Government Benches who say that we should not sign up , that we can not say at this stage whether we are capable , as an economy , of participating without damage in a single currency . |
| 25 | As we have noted earlier , the lack of any data on transfers within the family means that we can not look at some of the interesting questions concerning the distribution between individuals ( e.g. , between men and women ) . |
| 26 | The police say they ca n't comment at this stage . |
| 27 | Mere are many ways in which governments and their supporters can prevent these methods from being effective , but they can not work at all if the opposition has no real procedural opportunity to apply real scrutiny , nor if its efforts do not arouse the media of information and public opinion . |
| 28 | When the weather is very cold they can not fly at all , but can warm themselves by deflecting their wings at right angles to the Sun ( as do , for example , locusts ) . |
| 29 | With something so idiosyncratic there are things it ca n't do at all well , and others it can perform superbly . |
| 30 | But he ca n't stop at that . |