Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] can [not/n't] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I fear I can not answer that question to anyone 's satisfaction . |
| 2 | Well I mean I ca n't say enough for the people in the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary , I mean they 've got a great burns unit there and I mean er er I think the plastic surgeons and what knot are about they must be some of the best in the world . |
| 3 | Yes , I mean I ca n't see much more than that can I ? |
| 4 | I just think she 's going to have to go and buy a dormobile , I mean I ca n't see any other way round it . |
| 5 | Darius is struggling to finish his , and he 's smearing it round the bowl so it looks like he 's ate it , and I say I ca n't eat any more because I got to stay sober tonight . |
| 6 | And it 's perhaps up to the new civilian C P O to go to the likes of Mick and say I ca n't do this , I have not been trained to do it yet , until I have been trained to do it perhaps P C should continue using his skills . |
| 7 | Well as I say you ca n't stain varnished wood Nina . |
| 8 | Experts from the world 's biggest wildlife hospital say they ca n't reach many of the seals , which are dying on inaccessible rocks . |
| 9 | because , you know , erm , most kids these days , especially by the time they 're nine or ten , they 're used to having their own pocket money , and then you , and they say they ca n't do any maths at all , and you say well , if you had a fifty pence and you bought something for twenty four , how much change ? |
| 10 | There are still those who say they ca n't get used to Citroen steering and that the suspension makes them sick ; there are many more who say getting used to any other sort of steering after driving a D- or C-series car is much the more difficult adaptation to make . |
| 11 | Regarding the diabetic specialist nurse , yes , of course we would welcome a special unit , but that does seem a bit extravagant when they say they can not find enough money for one nurse . |
| 12 | And I said to Chris , you know , I said to Chris yesterday , Are you putting in the production or have you put I ca n't do two jobs at once , I ca n't do two jobs at once and that was it . |
| 13 | I mean you ca n't do that there is no correlation between you ca n't say that all the activists are extroverts cos are actually quite about the way they but they do like to have a go and it does n't say all the reflectors cos they 're sitting back and thinking and they 're actually quiet reflectors . |
| 14 | cock up in , you know in Britain and it would just be the laughing stock , I mean you ca n't do that , you ca n't shelter everybody |
| 15 | Yes , I , I mean you ca n't carry all |
| 16 | I mean you ca n't put that settee here because it it blocks that door . |
| 17 | You ca n't have , I mean you ca n't have all this stuff . |
| 18 | I mean you ca n't guarantee that |
| 19 | ‘ You mean you ca n't accept any more of his money ? ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | We regret we can not accept special requests on late offer holidays . |
| 22 | Well that 's the thing with our , I mean we ca n't have one of these erm |
| 23 | ‘ You know I ca n't do that . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You know I ca n't leave dear Shelley . |
| 25 | It 's difficult to keep in touch with friends and I know I ca n't go wild socially . |
| 26 | It 's difficult to keep in touch with friends and I know I ca n't go wild socially . |
| 27 | ‘ You know I ca n't touch this stuff with the liver I 've got — and I barely eat at lunchtime . ’ |
| 28 | I know I ca n't run 27:08 , at least not without resorting to recreational narcotics , and I ca n't honestly see myself reaching the real top level at 10,000m . |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | I spect she ca n't get another job or summat . |