Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm you ca n't explain it with maths any more . |
| 2 | As Sabra , a woman in her forties , told me ‘ If I go out I usually do have my Dupatta round me , but at work I ca n't wear it in case it gets caught up in the machines , so I just wear a scarf on my head when I leave the house — something is needed to save one 's Izzat ’ . |
| 3 | Because you ca n't wash them after food . |
| 4 | But you ca n't do it without money . |
| 5 | Let's get all the get the sound , now will you buy this and this is the price you ca n't do it with advertising . |
| 6 | Well she can do , but she ca n't do it from home . |
| 7 | I ca n't stand it with sugar in . |
| 8 | ‘ Not much sun on Gullholm at this time of the year , I admit , but you ca n't beat it for peace and privacy . |
| 9 | But we ca n't taunt him in front of Dean . |
| 10 | We ca n't taunt him in front of Dean . |
| 11 | We ca n't taunt him in front of them lot . |
| 12 | ‘ You ca n't leave him in ignorance for weeks . |
| 13 | They ca n't send him to college . |
| 14 | Its reliance on coal is defended by Bai Xianhong of the State Science and Technology Commission , who argued : " China must develop [ and ] we ca n't make it without energy . |
| 15 | " Look , mate , if you ca n't make it in bed , if she is n't finding you quite up to the mark , do n't take your frustration out on the rest of us . |
| 16 | Oh , a man 's pressed the button we ca n't make it in time . |
| 17 | They ca n't put me in prison ! |
| 18 | Poor kids ca n't help it of course but |
| 19 | He ca n't see me of course but it makes me feel funny . |
| 20 | And that produces the electrici the er electrical you ca n't see it of course but we know that , everybody knows . |
| 21 | ‘ They ca n't charge him for possession of a packet of Victory V. ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You ca n't keep them at home forever , you know . |
| 23 | Paul is hyperactive — we ca n't keep him at school . |
| 24 | He comes home at 8am to snatch an hour 's snooze and then sets off on the bus for a full day 's preaching to the people whose failing legs ca n't get them to church . |
| 25 | These are foreign language ones , you ca n't get them in English . |
| 26 | You ca n't get 'em for love nor money . ’ |
| 27 | Well I mean you ca n't get it with fat , can you ? |
| 28 | they ca n't tell the difference I mean there 's nothing In fact if I ca n't get Krona at Presto and I ca n't get it at Co-op , I shall write to Kr to Pre to Krona and say I 'll have a I 'll have a box . |
| 29 | Once it 's on you ca n't get it off mind . |
| 30 | ( Safeway ca n't get it in store till June . ) |