Example sentences of "ca not [vb infin] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you ca n't eat him either , sir ! |
| 2 | Lorrimer ca n't sack him . |
| 3 | He wants to ride in on pop so we ca n't ignore him . |
| 4 | Of course he 's worth a lot of money , but you ca n't wrap him up in cotton wool . ’ |
| 5 | As one told Yakovlev : ‘ the priest is well taught , you ca n't chuck him out . |
| 6 | These new laws mean the police ca n't chuck him out . |
| 7 | I ca n't disturb him , ’ said Garvey unhesitatingly . |
| 8 | We 'll have to drag him across ; you ca n't lift him and I 'm past it . ’ |
| 9 | You ca n't wear him out can you ? |
| 10 | The hostility of the Newcastle poetry scene ca n't hurt him : he does n't want to perform for poets , anyway . |
| 11 | The table is too heavy to move , so you ca n't ram him into the wall with it , and there are no other weapons around . |
| 12 | The police say they ca n't identify him . |
| 13 | ‘ But I ca n't picture him any other way than the little boy he was on that last day I saw him . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't hold him . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ When he 's got the bit between his teeth , you ca n't hold him back . |
| 16 | He ca n't offer him a challenge like that . |
| 17 | ‘ Unfortunately , Simon 's going to be touch-and-go again because he has hamstring trouble , but if Jonesy can work his magic again we ca n't rule him out . |
| 18 | The fat one does n't go out much either but in principle we ca n't rule him out . |
| 19 | No he said , I ca n't bear him , he said I nearly bloody strangled him ! |
| 20 | Ooh I ca n't bear him Marg ! |
| 21 | Well , it ca n't do him any harm where he 's gone . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't wake him , ’ I reported to Florence . |
| 23 | ‘ The senator obviously just wants us to drown his children so they ca n't embarrass him when the time comes to run for President , ’ she told me next morning . |
| 24 | I ca n't stand him ! ’ he said . |
| 25 | Occasionally someone on the team will say , ‘ Oh , we must have so-and-so , ’ and someone else will shout back , ‘ You must be joking , I ca n't stand him ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't stand him , ’ he said . |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't stand him ! |
| 28 | He 's a miserable manager at the I mean she ca n't stand him that 's in the bar . |
| 29 | Rik Maio , I ca n't stand him like , I enjoyed it , I thought it was a good film |
| 30 | er , I 've got Brian Cord , I ca n't stand him , I hate oh crap down |