Example sentences of "you ca n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | But you ca n't love words without appreciating these aspects , and it would be a more civilised world if more of those who have to use words extensively in their work did love them . |
2 | ‘ You ca n't love Gabriel , ’ she was saying , ‘ because you ca n't affect him . |
3 | You know you ca n't love people , Lee , because they are frightened of life and I think they are quite right and should beware of everything , especially camp comedy , the Communists , erotic fiction and you . |
4 | I just felt pressured , it was all the bloody time , " You ca n't love me if you wo n't do it , everybody is doing it . " " |
5 | You ca n't love God and anyone else . ’ |
6 | I think I stopped when I once asked someone what the matter was and he said : ‘ If you do n't know , then you ca n't love me . ’ |
7 | You ca n't love someone without imaginative sympathy , without beginning to see the world from another point of view . |
8 | I think that 's healthy , if you ca n't love yourself no one else will ! |
9 | ‘ No , you ca n't love me . ’ |
10 | ‘ You ca n't love me . |
11 | She said in a tone of simple surprise , ‘ Do n't you know that you ca n't love someone without being hurt ? ’ |
12 | I think that 's healthy , if you ca n't love yourself no one else will ! |
13 | No you ca n't love can you ? |
14 | No , no you ca n't love , because |
15 | ‘ Anyway , you ca n't commit suicide with a twelve bore , although they 're always doing it in books . |
16 | You ca n't commit |
17 | You ca n't evaporate it , yeah . |
18 | ‘ They say , we know you ca n't continue in the old way , ’ he says , but until now there has been no alternative . |
19 | ‘ Obviously , you ca n't continue to do all the work that a client would like you to do . |
20 | But if workmen are hammering outside your door , if the noise is intermittent and/or high-pitched , if you ca n't switch it off at will , you may find such noise psychologically distressing as well as distracting . |
21 | Alright , now not all products are going to be , you know , you ca n't switch with the same amount of ease across all products , there are only , you know , if you are erm , a wheat farmer in the south east of England , alright , you 're not likely to switch into milk production just bec just because milk prices have risen . |
22 | Unfortunately , each pattern ca n't be more than 16 steps long , a fact which leads to some limitations on time signatures and record resolutions ( for instance , you ca n't record triplet 16ths in a 4/4 bar ) , although there is a ‘ swing ’ function which allows you to program a rather rigid swing feel on 16ths . |
23 | Although step time and real time are both available here , the RY10 is n't the most versatile of machines in the programming department : there 's that limit of 16 steps per pattern and due to the velocity limitations you ca n't record dynamic performances . |
24 | Unfortunately , each pattern ca n't be more than 16 steps long , a fact which leads to some limitations on time signatures and record resolutions ( for instance , you ca n't record triplet 16ths in a 4/4 bar ) , although there is a ‘ swing ’ function which allows you to program a rather rigid swing feel on 16ths . |
25 | Although step time and real time are both available here , the RY10 is n't the most versatile of machines in the programming department : there 's that limit of 16 steps per pattern and due to the velocity limitations you ca n't record dynamic performances . |
26 | Yeah , but you ca n't record then |
27 | You ca n't pretend that you have n't got desires and needs . |
28 | They 're young and you 're still maintaining them when you 're alive you ca n't pretend that they do n't exist when the will comes along . |
29 | ‘ You ca n't pretend he 's normal and it 's no secret that he did n't see eye to eye with Alain . ’ |
30 | You ca n't pretend otherwise now . ’ |