Example sentences of "ca n't [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ca n't over the radiator . |
| 2 | I ca n't for the life of me understand what it is you see in it . |
| 3 | I honestly ca n't for the life of me figure out how to express the rest so I hope you 'll forgive me if I stop here . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh heck , I ca n't for the life of me remember . ’ |
| 5 | It is just the latest , polite way of saying that whites want to live in Africa , but they ca n't for the life of them get along with Africans . |
| 6 | Yes , the Government 's sending armaments to help Poland in her fight against the Soviet , but I ca n't for the life of me see what that 's got to do with you ! ’ |
| 7 | GUIL : I ca n't for the life of me see how we 're going to get into conversation . |
| 8 | Was I perhaps too busy noticing things that Dr Starkie was missing ( though what they might have been I ca n't for the moment think ) ? |
| 9 | I ca n't for the life of me see why , if you really feel something , it 's got to be talked about . |
| 10 | And , talking to these teachers , I ca n't for the life of me see what motive any of them can have . |
| 11 | ‘ Only then someone destroyed my confidence , my ability to trust , and , looking at you now , I ca n't for the life of me see how I could possibly have thought myself in love with someone so shallow , so completely self-centred . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't for the life of me imagine why , ’ she whispered , ‘ but please do n't stop , will you ? ’ |
| 13 | I ca n't for the love of me understand the leadership of all the unions that allowed , we do n't even get enough holidays of what they get on the continent , we should be asking for more , not taking them off us or putting it in October to celebrate Nelson and Trafalgar because I could n't give a monkey for 'em . |
| 14 | The trouble is , I ca n't for the life of me remember what I was wearing the last time I went to see Angy , or on the day she died . |
| 15 | I ca n't for the life of me see how it could have been Sheila Williams he was with … |
| 16 | ‘ The one that says you own the world and all that 's in it , that says you ca n't for the life of you figure out why I 'm not jumping for joy at the prospect of staying on here , in this house , as your grandmother 's companion . ’ |
| 17 | Well erm you see although I learned shorthand and typing it was better money and that was the reason I had to do it , I 've passed my exams in shorthand but er probably there were n't enough offices then to employ a good many clerks , but erm they er it was a very big fellow who used to ring the bell and the bell was on the outside , he was named Tom but I ca n't for the life of me think erm what his other name was but , erm it used to put the fear through us I can tell you if we were around the corner and we heard that bell ringing but erm they , they were a good firm to work for and , but they were strict but everywhere was strict in those days , we had to accept it but it was a long long hours , but erm they knew I had some , I , I enjoyed it and I 'd go back again only I 'm too old . |
| 18 | I 've tried , I ca n't for the life of me remember them |
| 19 | Ca n't at the moment no . |
| 20 | It will appeal to people who would like to live in a large country house but who ca n't at the moment , and also to foreign customers who do n't have a base in this country |
| 21 | Well I ca n't at the moment can I ? |
| 22 | No I ca n't at the moment sweetheart , because I 'm feeding the baby . |
| 23 | I ca n't at the moment , I 'll do it in a minute for you . |
| 24 | You 'll be able to , but you ca n't at the moment . |
| 25 | But to say ‘ well we may run into erm problems which we ca n't at the moment foresee , or problems which may make life temporarily a little difficult ’ I do n't think should prevent us from tackling the problem . |
| 26 | ‘ You can hear the engine , which you ca n't in the BMW , but maybe some people like that . ’ |
| 27 | Well you ca n't in the dark can you really ? |
| 28 | Maggie 's relation to them in space does n't change that much ; you can see them from the kitchen ; you ca n't from the bedsitting room . |
| 29 | We have n't got enough Nice to get some work started on the eighth floor because of the different activities But then again with the activities that are carrying on on the seventh floor we ca n't By the time we get round to the ninth pretty desperate . |