Example sentences of "can n't [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm I 'll I ca n't manage it this side of the weekend . |
| 2 | In his opening remarks in Russian , he said : ‘ I do n't like being the centre of a sensation , but I know I ca n't avoid it this time . ’ |
| 3 | I ca n't check them this morning . |
| 4 | Well , it ca n't do him any harm where he 's gone . |
| 5 | Come off it I 'm afraid , we ca n't do them both ways . |
| 6 | If if I say well let's try and add up a sixth and a twelfth and most people want to add the six and the twelve together and things like that but you ca n't do it that way you 'll have to change them both into something that 's the same . |
| 7 | Er , I sorry , , just clearing my throat , er , I did , I did delegate if somebody put it on the end of somebody 's assignment , then I to it , but I tend to find I underestimate what people can do for me all the time , and do n't identify just how much those people can give me back , and I did , or I do have a tendency at times to give people like before , to hold on too much , try and do too much myself , and er , you ca n't do it that way in case . |
| 8 | Sometimes you ca n't do it that way though can you ? |
| 9 | you ca n't do it that way , you just slide the pack out |
| 10 | And then you have a we sorry , I 'm sorry I ca n't do it that week , I 've got a weeks holiday . |
| 11 | We ca n't do it next Saturday because erm we 've got two people , a Scotsman married to a Chinese |
| 12 | I ca n't do it next week , I ca n't do it next week . |
| 13 | I ca n't do it next week , I ca n't do it next week . |
| 14 | Verbal messages become more hostile , more aggressive , and the threat of rejection may be offered ( ‘ If you ca n't do it this way , do n't do it at all' — fail and you must go elsewhere ) . |
| 15 | But i i it 's yo you ca n't do it this term because maths is never ready it always has to be done erm next term . |
| 16 | Howard says drearily if Labour ca n't do it this time they never will . |
| 17 | You 've got ta probe and establish the reasons why I 'm gon na talk to him and most people it 's , it 's , it 's a lie , they 're not gon na talk to him , they want to use the accountant as a reason to say oh erm I 'm , I ca n't do it this time the accountant said no or I 've not spoken to him yet I 'll have to put it off for a , for a bit longer |
| 18 | Probably , but you ca n't do it full time , you 've got to have breaks , you must have an hour break |
| 19 | but briar to that we 've got this game show , you know , a bit like er Blind Date and I mean I ca n't stand them any way , and I 'm thinking I have n't got the patience in the morning when I 've got dinners to put up and I 've got them to get going |
| 20 | This means they ca n't pay her any rent , so she ca n't pay the mortgage . |
| 21 | ‘ We 're going to have to do something — because I simply ca n't tell you two imps of mischief apart , ’ Laura muttered , groaning as she levered herself up against the pillows . |
| 22 | Er , now if you 're going to use that , you know , so if somebody phones me and says er , you know , Ricky I like to meet with you at er , on , on the thirtieth , I would just say I 'm sorry , I ca n't meet you that day . |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't face him this morning . |
| 24 | Ca n't owe them that amount ! |
| 25 | But sorry I ca n't show you any sort of programme , or anything , but that 's because it 's |
| 26 | ‘ Ca n't make it this evening , ’ she told her friends in a phone call , ‘ I 'm clearing my desk Paperwork , dahlinks , it comes to us all . ’ |
| 27 | So I say , Richard I 'm sorry I ca n't make it this Tuesday , I 'm tied up , but I have got next Tuesday , if Tuesday 's the best night for you . |
| 28 | She said well I ca n't give her any money cos I have n't got any . |
| 29 | A ca n't give you that sort of mind bust ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You know very well that I ca n't give you that sort of information , ’ said Harris , his gravelly voice unusually gentle . |