Example sentences of "ca [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't house-train it as you can a cat . |
| 2 | He says my father ca n't disinherioty me . |
| 3 | No I ca n't sorry you 're on the lost cause here . |
| 4 | ‘ Why ca n't bloody rabbits come and eat my lawns ? ’ |
| 5 | And ‘ Why ca n't influential people like Mary Whitehouse back things that matter , like Greenpeace ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ They ca n't all be guilty , ’ said Haughey . |
| 7 | Surely they ca n't all be white and holy ? |
| 8 | We ca n't all be winners . |
| 9 | ‘ We ca n't all go organic . ’ |
| 10 | Well , we ca n't all be poets ; some of us get no further than alliteration ! |
| 11 | They ca n't all be ’ blunt by name and nature' ! ’ |
| 12 | We ca n't all be gentlemen of leisure like you , living off the social . ’ |
| 13 | I also caused quite a stir as Moby Dick , and pulled pints as the fat barman at the Dog & Duck in Stratford — well , they ca n't all be famous ! |
| 14 | ‘ Singapore 's 3,000 foreign companies ca n't all be wrong ! ’ |
| 15 | Its a pity we ca n't all get along together . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We ca n't all move , surely , ’ Sylvia Swan said . |
| 17 | We ca n't all be unsuccessful Curve soundalikes , can we ? |
| 18 | We ca n't all sit around laughing , 'cos we 'd all die pretty soon because there was no-one to gather food , or make sure it was safe . |
| 19 | We ca n't all go traipsin' over ter see Johnnie Buckram . ’ |
| 20 | And as we ca n't all get into one , we shall have to split up . |
| 21 | It ca n't all end like this . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Well , we ca n't all be policemen can we ? |
| 23 | ‘ We ca n't all be fancy dancers . |
| 24 | Some people think they are Jesus Christ or Napoleon , but they ca n't all be right . |
| 25 | ‘ We ca n't all marry him , ’ said Izz . |
| 26 | You 've got to have specialised departments in any big organisation — it helps a lot when people recognise that we ca n't all be brilliant loners . " |
| 27 | " It ca n't all be heartache , can it ? |
| 28 | ‘ Well , I 'm sorry if it does n't meet with your approval , Mr Denner , ’ she snapped icily , ‘ but we ca n't all afford brand-new Range Rovers ! ’ |
| 29 | Naturally , they ca n't all come at weekends , so several get together to form parties for a mid-week break in the great outdoors . |
| 30 | ‘ We ca n't all live in listed cottages , ’ Melissa pointed out as she pressed the bell-push . |