Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you , you ca n't sit on the bed |
| 2 | We ca n't sit on the stage cos there 's crap raggers on the stage . |
| 3 | ‘ No , ’ she said , ‘ I ca n't sit in the kitchen . |
| 4 | But I ca n't sit in the car very long . |
| 5 | Yet given what we have learned about links between the security services and the Loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland , and the deep suspicion about surrogate murders , you ca n't shrug off the shiver Conlon 's words bring . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ he says , ‘ but you ca n't kick against the breeze . |
| 7 | She ca n't talk at the moment . |
| 8 | ‘ Charles , look , we ca n't talk on the phone . ’ |
| 9 | I ca n't talk about the tea-party tonight . |
| 10 | I ca n't talk about the future . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't explain over the phone . |
| 12 | For administrative reasons , the Housing Department insists maintenance work ca n't start until the beginning of the next financial year . |
| 13 | ‘ People ca n't relate to the supermodels anymore , ’ said Four Seasons advertising executive Glyn Hayes . |
| 14 | Not possessing a BJ-10E , I ca n't comment on the kind of print quality it can church out using that driver , but TrueType , Windows ‘ built-in scalable font feature , should n't disappoint you . |
| 15 | Thames Valley Police say they ca n't comment on the figures until they 've been discussed by the relevant committee next week . |
| 16 | What about for traders I mean , erm obviously you ca n't really c er why you ca n't comment on the fact that er how your father o o can you comment on how your father actually moved here in the first place . |
| 17 | I ca n't think off the top of my head |
| 18 | No I ca n't think of the others . |
| 19 | I know the one you mean I ca n't think of the name |
| 20 | I ca n't think of the name of the other German beer but the roll-on roll-off 'll be out in the dock , cos we had a roll-on roll- off in the dock at all |
| 21 | How do you spell that , I ca n't think of the name . |
| 22 | what 's it called ca n't think of the name of the blooming thing now but it was you did a line across , then you learn to do a long stitch |
| 23 | some village a , on the coast , ca n't think of the name with it , use to play football we did . |
| 24 | It was erm some backward-type country , ca n't think of the name of them now . |
| 25 | There 's a follow-up series on a Sunday evening now called king of something , king of ca n't think of the name , ca n't remember the name of it but it starts this Sunday evening at nine o'clock |
| 26 | You do n't have to worry , there is no , I ca n't think of the word that I want to use . |
| 27 | Well he was erm , oh I ca n't think of the word I want now but er he , he was glued to his notes |
| 28 | So the head of a major I ca n't think of the guy 's name and he just had a major acquisition and this guy was |
| 29 | Er I just ca n't think of the words I mean , but if you if you run through those , it 's quite off-putting . |
| 30 | I ca n't think of the names , you know these |