Example sentences of "[coord] can [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you read the Guinness Book of Records or watch ‘ Mastermind ’ on TV or ca n't do your children 's homework or lose at ‘ Trivial Pursuit ’ . |
| 2 | So , I do n't see from Pearson 's point of view that , that a government of any complexion will alter what we can and er , or ca n't do in relation to our current er , holdings . |
| 3 | Do we get to the stage where you know you look at the word empowerment , do you change the , the use of the word empowerment because people are saying you know well that 's jargon and all that does n't work any more or ca n't do that any more . |
| 4 | Like at the moment where people do n't understand television sets , or ca n't repair them . |
| 5 | That , however , is very different from arguing that the introduction of PR or the demands of Charter 88 will at the very best , provide anything but the most marginal relief to those who are unemployed , without a home or ca n't pay the poll tax . |
| 6 | Well tell me what you think you can talk about or ca n't talk about in schools . |
| 7 | If you yearn to watch the late-night movie in bed , or ca n't bear missing your favourite soap opera while cooking supper , then you might think about buying a portable TV . |
| 8 | You must n't think every time you 're tired or ca n't sleep that it 's this thing starting up again . |
| 9 | In your text book you 've got quite a lot of information in there about reinforcing , what we 're going to do in the practical session and it 's always a help I think when you have a lot of the , thrown at you to know that you can just put it up and there it is if you get a bit confusing or ca n't remember what 's what , so on page one six nine it starts telling you all about nursing and bandages and general hygiene which we 've already talked quite a lot about but it 's very useful for you to know , you can go there and look , and if you just go through the pages from there on one seventy , one seven one , one seven two , one seven three and then on one seven four it 's got the general rules for applying bandages apply bandages when the casualty is sitting or lying down , you always sit your casualty down and you work from the front of , I say why do you work from the front of the thing ? |
| 10 | they need to , or ca n't remember third one it does n't matter . |
| 11 | You ca n't do your best when you ca n't move or ca n't breathe . |
| 12 | The campaign works indirectly by rumour to frighten people , and whatever they can or ca n't prove the threat is carried by word of mouth and claimants run for cover . |
| 13 | We make up a story to cover the facts we do n't know or ca n't accept ; we keep a few true facts and spin a new story round them . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , household expenses do n't go away just because you 're in hospital or ca n't work for any length of time . |
| 15 | If no-one admits to having been sick during the day , or ca n't produce a witness that he was , we shall want to know what they all ate for the evening meal . |
| 16 | One glimpse of the world 's most spectacular waterfall makes up for the tiresome form-filling in baking customs halls which any African border crossing entails — neither Botswana nor Zimbabwe are suitable for those who wilt quickly in the heat or ca n't stomach light aircraft . |
| 17 | Director of Studies : ‘ We need to start with high expectations , identify who has n't , or ca n't provide colours , then offer to provide them out of School Fund . |
| 18 | Yes , I did many things which I have either forgotten or ca n't find time to return to now . |
| 19 | If you ca n't afford , or ca n't find , a good antique table to suit your style , get a secondhand , junk table , cover it with cloths , and invest as much as you can in comfortable chairs . |
| 20 | — With Mr. Gould all this is very different — he has sufficient to live on , whether his subscribers pay or not , & can well afford the innumerable little expenses of printing — but for poor I — I have just nine and twenty times resolved to give up Parrots & all — & should certainly have done so — had not my good genius with vast reluctance just 9 & 20 times set me a going again . ’ |
| 21 | To draw unemployment benefit in an off-season a seasonal worker must show he has already had , or can reasonably expect to obtain , a substantial amount of employment during the current off-season — normally at least one quarter of that period . |
| 22 | ‘ As I keep saying , I do n't need you or anybody else to tell me what I can or can not do . ’ |
| 23 | Whether you are renting privately , from a housing association or from a council , you should have a proper tenancy agreement that gives rules of occupation , i.e. what you can or can not do , such as keep pets , or alter the structure of the property . |
| 24 | Questions about what law can or can not do raise wider issues about people , behaviour and social theory . |
| 25 | While , in the majority of states , the legislature is limited by the constitution in what it can or can not do , the traditional view here is that Parliament is subject to no such legal limitation and that our courts have no power to declare laws duly passed by Parliament invalid . |
| 26 | As we noted above , some technical expertise is essential to an understanding of what different delivery platforms can or can not do . |
| 27 | It is disgusting when folk in Brussels overrule my country 's decisions and decide what our representatives in Westminster can or can not do . |
| 28 | Those who lose or can not meet the urge become ‘ defeated ’ , become dependent , destructive , or , if not apathetic , at least dismissive . |
| 29 | Where an organisation will not or can not meet its obligations , a third party creditor is likely to press its claims against the members of the organisation , despite their third party status with respect to the particular transaction . |
| 30 | The form includes a declaration to be completed according to whether a survivor of the buyers can or can not give a valid receipt for purchase monies . |