Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HARGREAVES : I ca n't but say mighty pretty and passable genteel . |
| 2 | and erm I do n't think I can , you know want to invite them back to our place here , so I told them I ca n't but erm I suppose we could always go out with them , if they were going out you know , if they have n't made any other plans |
| 3 | Well I ca n't but I mean I I certainly did n't erm have n't thrown one out that 's what I mean , you know ? |
| 4 | But I ca I ca n't unless you cover all summer and yet ca n't see the the ri bike riding down the road , driving a |
| 5 | well I ca n't till I 've tried out one we 've got |
| 6 | I suppose I should congratulate them , but sadly I ca n't because , as you may recall , I have always believed that the exile clubs should have no place in the English club championships . |
| 7 | ‘ Who is your designer ? ’ until I want to go away , but I ca n't because I have to do my job . |
| 8 | So I try and cling to the floor of the cave with my bare toes , but I ca n't because it 's all smooth and there 's nothing to cling to , and sooner or later I 'll start floating upwards and then I 'll bash my head in and get killed . |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't because I am not as good as they are , and it has nothing to do with the state of the ball . ’ |
| 10 | No I ca n't because it 's sealed . |
| 11 | I said , ‘ I ca n't because I 'm on . ’ |
| 12 | But then I get there and I ca n't because it 's just not me ’ , says Jo , grinning ruefully . |
| 13 | Yeah I mean we did insert actually in the Chairman 's statement a cautionary note about the credit announcement because two years ago we had a similar increase which in fact by the time we got to the end of the year had disappeared so we view it with a lot of caution is the answer if you ask me to be more precise I ca n't because we 've never really had a set of tax increases the like of which we face now any other questions ? |
| 14 | I mean I could quite easily delegate it out , but I ca n't because it 's a management function , so , I 've got to be the one that 's got to walk round the branch for half an hour , taking twelve blocks off , checking all the sealed . |
| 15 | I ca n't because |
| 16 | I ca n't because of this fucking new computer system in n it . |
| 17 | She 's got a really nice personality and she 's not gon na be the kind of person to say no I ca n't because I 've got so and so in Saudi |
| 18 | but I ca n't when Jan was saying , oh Jennie 's got as er |
| 19 | I ca n't cos they used to use that a lot . |
| 20 | I ca n't cos I ca n't open the door . |
| 21 | No I ca n't cos |
| 22 | No I ca n't cos I , I ca n't screw it in there , that 's sitting there look see , see that , that |
| 23 | I ca n't cos it hurts . |
| 24 | I ca n't cos that 's left handed for me . |
| 25 | No , I ca n't cos I 'll have to do Marks . |
| 26 | and then I thought well I ca n't cos , I 've got er calculator in this bag and I have n't got it on me you see . |
| 27 | No I ca n't cos they 're , they wo n't let her , let them go . |
| 28 | Yeah but I could n't I ca n't cos it 's such a bright one . |
| 29 | Yeah but can you imagine cos then like she 'll go out to the pub or something , get drunk and then like someone will come up to her and she 'll be like no I ca n't cos he 's in Saudi Arabia , you know it 'll suddenly er hit her I mean why not , he 'll never know . |
| 30 | These ones I do n't like them cos I ca n't cos you can seem them . |