Example sentences of "[pron] ca [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm I 'll I ca n't manage it this side of the weekend .
2 I ca n't check them this morning .
3 But sorry I ca n't show you any sort of programme , or anything , but that 's because it 's
4 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 .
5 And I ca n't give her that . ’
6 She said well I ca n't give her any money cos I have n't got any .
7 ‘ I 'm sorry , I ca n't give you that information .
8 ‘ You know very well that I ca n't give you that sort of information , ’ said Harris , his gravelly voice unusually gentle .
9 I 'm sorry I ca n't give you that .
10 He added : ‘ At this stage I ca n't give you any indication of what level the toll might be … it depends on the amount of interest from industry and commerce . ’
11 I ca n't give you any money , you see .
12 I ca n't give you any more . ’
13 For good measure , she added , a trifle pathetically , ‘ I am a good girl , really truly , even if I ca n't give you any references , and I will work hard , I promise . ’
14 yeah in effect I ca n't give you any choice because I know that the medical practice erm are very much more erm not laid back that 's the wrong term because erm they they have a lot more opportunity for you to succeed .
15 Flora whispered , ‘ I ca n't bear it any more . ’
16 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
17 ‘ I 'd go home at night and my girlfriend Paula would say : ‘ I hate you , I ca n't stand you any more . ’
18 Oh no , it 's like , it 's like with chocolate as well , I cut it up into little pieces , because I ca n't eat it all at once .
19 I 'm actually sick of it now I ca n't watch it any more cos you just know
20 Oh , I ca n't wear them that short now .
21 Clifford said he did not know which academic dress to wear as he had three London degrees , and ‘ I ca n't wear them all at once ’ .
22 but I ca n't drink it all the time
23 ‘ She 's got him so I ca n't handle him any more . ’
24 And then you have a we sorry , I 'm sorry I ca n't do it that week , I 've got a weeks holiday .
25 ‘ I mean , ’ explained Anabelle , ‘ I ca n't do it all alone .
26 If I ca n't do it all , which of those things that I really need or want to do am I going to have to leave undone ?
27 I ca n't do it all in one
28 I ca n't do it all in this wool , with that many different colours to do , if they did it in , if they made ounce balls if they made it , did ounce balls it wo n't be so bad , but that 's a hundred gramme that , so
29 Er I , I was going in the evening you know , doing the tailoring class but of course my illnesses have stopped me doing all of that and made me realize I ca n't do it all .
30 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
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