Example sentences of "just ca n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've had a touch of the Dave Berrow 's recently and just ca n't score points . |
| 2 | ‘ The poor man just ca n't rest in peace . |
| 3 | Vous [ +def. ] me demandez de vous raconter une partie de ma vie là , mais il y a des choses qu' on [ -def. ] peut pas expliquer pourtant — ‘ You ( the interviewer ) ask me to tell you part of my life , but there are things that one just ca n't explain ’ |
| 4 | I just ca n't explain how I feel , but we 'll have to pray we 'll be guided to do what 's best . ’ |
| 5 | well I 'm wondering whether it 's one or two of the tapes , I just ca n't sort out which they are somehow |
| 6 | Right , Moxon , Metcalfe , Carrick , good old Arnie of course … er , that stocky lad who does n't move his feet properly … um , let me see now : um , oh yes , that fellow who keeps getting backache , and then that off-breaker who ca n't turn it , and that so-called seamer with the funny hairstyle who just ca n't bowl at all … |
| 7 | He just ca n't manage money , full stop . |
| 8 | But if you just ca n't manage it 's her fault ! |
| 9 | I hate talking about it because I hate making it sound as if someone is to blame but I just ca n't stand people who manipulate other people . |
| 10 | I think Miss P had a real point ; you do have to know when you just ca n't stand any more trouble , not tonight anyway . |
| 11 | I adore you , but Demian just ca n't stand false sentiment . |
| 12 | Said Peter Smith , general secretary of the Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association : ‘ There will be a haemorrhage of highly qualified teachers who just ca n't stand the conditions under which they 're required to work . ’ |
| 13 | Gorfang Rotgut really hates Dwarfs — he just ca n't stand stunties . |
| 14 | ‘ These women just ca n't stand the pace , can they ? ’ he appealed to Luke cheerfully before inevitably focusing on his own concerns . |
| 15 | He just ca n't stand it if things do n't work . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but I just ca n't stand foxes , ’ said Grimma . |
| 17 | While she was absorbing that little gem , ‘ I never thought I would ever accept a working wife , but , ’ he paused and gave her a private smile , ‘ if that 's what my darling wants , I just ca n't stand in the way of her choice to continue working . ’ |
| 18 | I just ca n't stand it at times , but they ca n't give me anything for it . |
| 19 | Neighbour Sue Read said : ‘ He just ca n't face it . ’ |
| 20 | They have good days and bad days : days when things seem relatively easy , they are on the ball , and a lot gets done , and days when they just ca n't face it and phone in sick — only to feel much perkier half-an-hour after putting down the phone , and a little guilty that ‘ I could have gone in if I 'd really had to ’ . |
| 21 | My own home , and I love it , and I just ca n't face it ! |
| 22 | Perhaps he just ca n't face the parting ! ’ |
| 23 | I just ca n't fit in here . ’ |
| 24 | Often I just ca n't fit everything in . |
| 25 | They just ca n't hide a look of utter horror . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I just ca n't watch myself , ’ he said in Santander yesterday where he has joined up with the England team to watch tonight 's match against Spain . |
| 27 | You see all these things go by ; it 's like having no hands or feet , you just ca n't do anything . |
| 28 | Now , I ca n't sing — I 've never sung for anyone , I just ca n't do it . |
| 29 | We could do a lot of things but without the finance you just ca n't do it ! |
| 30 | Malcolm , who is statemented , and has ‘ severe learning difficulties ’ ( as the educational psychologist puts it ) or who is ‘ dyslexic ’ ( as his parents , encouraged by the local Dyslexia Institute , put it ) or whom ‘ you just ca n't do anything with ’ ( as several of his teachers have put it ) , mouths the words as Beth reads and smiles broadly as she finishes . |