Example sentences of "he ca n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he then gets wet , he ca n't blame you ! 9 . |
| 2 | And he ca n't blame us for singing ‘ You 're Only Here For The Money etc ’ when we travel to Ewood Park . |
| 3 | say if if you leave one player up front on his own he ca n't prosper indefinitely . |
| 4 | He ca n't drink for six whole months , that 's why he has to get himself away from town and temptation and live out in the country . |
| 5 | Well maybe he ca n't drink Jean . |
| 6 | I know he ca n't last that long ’ . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ He ca n't answer the question . ’ |
| 8 | He ca n't grow , as an artist or a person , because he 's addicted to his own neurosis , addicted to poignancy — Which is , after all , the sublime taste of your own defeat , your own incompleteness . |
| 9 | He ca n't complain about people not liking him when he 's so horrible to them . |
| 10 | ‘ And he ca n't complain to anyone because he would have to admit what made him buy the shares . ’ |
| 11 | It 's a bit like the old paradox : Can God make a stone so heavy that he ca n't lift it ? |
| 12 | He ca n't lift me up can |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , but he ca n't speak , can he ? |
| 14 | He ca n't speak . |
| 15 | No , he calmly surveys them , holds his hands up for silence — and I know for a fact he ca n't speak a word of Japanese . ’ |
| 16 | My poor friend Mr. Carter is so very ill that I doubt he ca n't recover . |
| 17 | Skill is one of the most important elements in the champion 's make-up , because if he ca n't perform the right technique at the right time and in the right way , he will never make it to the winner 's rostrum . |
| 18 | His idleness is involuntary ; he dreams of actions he ca n't perform . |
| 19 | He says : He ca n't disinherit me , it 's an irrevocable legacy . |
| 20 | Shame he ca n't watch the scum every week eh ? |
| 21 | Despite his growing involvement , he ca n't scratch her from the list and another murder casts her every action in chilling , ambiguous light . |
| 22 | ‘ Of course , tomorrow is Monday and Jones goes back on air , so perhaps he feels he ca n't waste his energy on you tonight . ’ |
| 23 | Literary , second-sighted , sick , she holds out a hand to him : he clasps it , but then decides he ca n't go on . |
| 24 | Pretends he ca n't go anywhere alone and this is a chance for Tony to get some time to himself . |
| 25 | He ca n't go to Australia and hide because they hammer him there — the press there are very cruel . |
| 26 | ‘ But Adams could run him close and I ca n't see any reason why he ca n't go on to get still more honours with Arsenal . ’ |
| 27 | So he ca n't do ou he ca n't go out and about . |
| 28 | He ca n't go back there . |
| 29 | He ca n't go on sinning because his he has been born of God . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , he ca n't go to the police , can he ? ’ |