Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | annoying cos I sort of flared up with them and said , Well quote me the law , and they ca n't quote you the law I mean they it 's just someone who they seem to be we do it . |
| 2 | Mind you , if you ca n't do it the weather will automatically do it for you , unless you plan to take a pneumatic drill into the garden with you in December . |
| 3 | I ca n't tell you the dreck we 're going to have in it . |
| 4 | It comes in handy , know a blue car and I think it has a boot , I ca n't tell you the type of , do n't make it up , if you do n't kn know , do n't make it up . |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't tell you the reason , ’ he murmured . |
| 6 | There are , however , clear attempts to make us giggle , like when the Swamp Thing ( Dick Durock ) conceives a passion for Heather Locklear 's leading lady but tells her that he ca n't give her the love she wants because he 's a plant . |
| 7 | but y I ca n't I have to say and I know right ca n't give her what she wants is somebody to sit down somebody to sit her down and talk to her and you ca n't give her the benefit of that because it 's a little battle right between the two silly little girls if you like and if that j if that happens had won right and that 's the way will feel it |
| 8 | Now we have n't got X in it yet so we ca n't give them the answer in that form cos they |
| 9 | Volume numbers of Unix-based PC 's are n't there yet and Motif ca n't give us the cash returns we 're looking for with this product ’ . |
| 10 | But you ca n't refuse me the pleasure of a dance — just one , for old times ’ sake ? ’ |
| 11 | I 'm sorry , Dad , but I ca n't see it the way you do . |
| 12 | You ca n't call it the league cup can you ? |
| 13 | And because I 've known that love , I ca n't deny you the opportunity . ’ |
| 14 | I ca n't believe it the way they 've got that house . |
| 15 | That 's right so you then go into the en suite room , well I can not tell you the trouble I 've had from the en suite ! |
| 16 | The Government say that they can not tell us the value of the companies because the information is commercially sensitive . |
| 17 | Perhaps by contemplating you will find something that is wrong in your proposition … dig the gold and look at the country , but we can not give you the country you ask for . |
| 18 | All this may seem like a put-off — but so many have died through lack of thought , facilities and impatience I can not give you the impression that they are going to be cheap and easy , quite the reverse ! |
| 19 | If they ca n't help you speak to the feed companies themselves , and if they can not give you the information you want do n't buy their feed , its as simple as that ! |