Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | But it 's that side away from the river , you know , I I ca n't link it with the river . |
2 | You ca n't explain it with the funny little rules that we have for how your potential and different things vary in your circuit . |
3 | And with a decent meal including large bottles of local beer for around £5 , there 's no reason why you ca n't treat yourself to the colourful ‘ Egyptian night out ’ with cabaret , belly dancing and a multi-course meal held regularly at the plush Ramses Hilton for about £25 . |
4 | The thing is , the trouble with that is when you try and understand or argue about something like that you ca n't treat it as a work of art cos it is n't it 's a functioning building |
5 | Yeah you ca n't set it by the book |
6 | We have more than 200 branches open on Saturdays from 9.30 am – 12.30 pm , so you can call in and discuss your needs if you ca n't manage it during the working week . |
7 | If I ca n't manage it in a quiet room , or a temporary study , I impose it on everyone at least for a short time . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Instead of seeing the person depicted on the duckpond surface of the polaroids , he sees an amalgam : this one 's slightly dark upper lip , this one 's nervy legs , this one 's role in Le Médecin malgré lui at the Comédie Française ( where he has recently sat through an excruciating evening of seventeenth-century high camp ) , this one 's intensely white and brown eyes , this one 's professed love of Shakespeare , this one 's part in an erotic thriller ( he can remember her buttocks from that movie , but he ca n't fix them to the right actress without his notes ) . |
10 | Despite his growing involvement , he ca n't scratch her from the list and another murder casts her every action in chilling , ambiguous light . |
11 | just a minute , I ca n't hold it at the moment Tim ! |
12 | Tim , I ca n't hold it at the moment ! |
13 | Relief ca n't want it in a fortnight it 's not quite re another month 's rent |
14 | She ca n't , she ca n't cuddle you at the minute . |
15 | Not , you know , the inspector 's are out , where you ca n't reached them on the phone . |
16 | ‘ We ca n't do nothing without the money . ’ |
17 | you have to cos they ca n't do nothing with the bits , they give you all the bits |
18 | ‘ I ca n't do anything with the matter if you wo n't give me the details . |
19 | We ca n't do it without the support of the PA , you know that . ’ |
20 | And we 're also going to set up our own site , which we 'll be able to carry on on a daily basis throughout the year , so obviously the schools ca n't do it during the holidays . |
21 | Zain ca n't do it on a Wednesday any more . |
22 | But if he ca n't do it on the pitch I 'm sure the skipper will be helping to inspire the lads off it . |
23 | A because the work has n't been done What I 'm trying to do is er to say give a balanced approach which seems to me to reflect the County Council 's view that er you really ca n't do it on the basis of a a a quick subjective assessment , it really needs to be the result of a l of a detailed body of work . |
24 | still have to do measurements they ca n't do it on the phone you see . |
25 | I think he opens the no , he ca n't do it on the site cos it 's in er what is it ? |
26 | I 'm not like some men who ca n't do it with a woman unless they feel emotionally involved with her . |
27 | Because algebra is letters , and if you have got er something which is you need a root of it or , you can do it with a number , you ca n't do it with a letter . |
28 | If you ca n't do it here you ca n't do it at the beginning of the second appointment , if you ca n't do it there then the chances are you 'll do it right at the end and if you have n't made the sale I guarantee you wo n't ask . |
29 | ‘ We are looking at voluntary redundancy , early retirement , job swaps , but if we ca n't do it by the end of the year we will have to look at compulsory redundancy . ’ |
30 | There 's a severe warning against those who ca n't do it in a spirit of of of , lardiness and , and not discerning to the body and and , and the will of Christ . |