Example sentences of "[verb] you ca [adv] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Well as I say you ca n't stain varnished wood Nina .
2 Chris explained : ‘ James here is our scorer and Mr Marshall signalled four wides when there was a wide and the ball went to the boundary , but the other side 's scorer says you ca n't have four wides at once , only one , and the other three must count as byes .
3 And they 've taken the free kick quickly and tried to take full advantage of the situation and the referee has said you ca n't do that .
4 I mean you ca n't do that there is no correlation between you ca n't say that all the activists are extroverts cos are actually quite about the way they but they do like to have a go and it does n't say all the reflectors cos they 're sitting back and thinking and they 're actually quiet reflectors .
5 cock up in , you know in Britain and it would just be the laughing stock , I mean you ca n't do that , you ca n't shelter everybody
6 Yes , I , I mean you ca n't carry all
7 I mean you ca n't put that settee here because it it blocks that door .
8 You ca n't have , I mean you ca n't have all this stuff .
9 I mean you ca n't guarantee that
10 ‘ You mean you ca n't accept any more of his money ? ’
11 He does n't take , it 's strange , although it 's made originally with gin soaking the slows you ca n't taste any thing of the gin , slows kill it completely , cos I loathe the smell of gin , I ca n't stand it .
12 George is saying things to him and they 're saying you ca n't do this and they ca n't do that , well they can do what they want ca n't they ?
13 'Cos , like , just 'cos you 're gettin' on a bit does n't mean you ca n't wear fab gear an' pull groovy chicks an' that .
14 Of course , just because you 're all wishy washy and moonstruck , it does n't mean you ca n't enjoy all the great fun of a Club 18–30 holiday .
15 And I looked at her and I thought you ca n't say that !
16 Perhaps Nutty had second thoughts along the same lines , for she then said , quite nicely for her , ‘ You only think you ca n't do these things , Hoomey .
17 He said you can I said you ca n't do that .
18 and when he used to say things about cards , I said you ca n't do that , but because he were who he is we had to shut our mouth
19 My mother I remember there was a sale of work going on at Palfrey church once and bef I had just been made apprentice at Wolverhampton and of course I got amongst the , they , when they came the , the Derby day they were all having a bet on it so I , I said to the give them half a crown , so he said you ca n't have half a crown and he said what do you want it for so I said they 're putting it on a horse was on this horse it won , so of course this sale of work was in great progress when I gets off the train at station and thought well I could n't understand in er Palfrey Church Hall , so she was there in all her finery and I said we 've won , we 've won she said shut up , shut up she said but erm no I think the biggest character in Caldmore was Father .
20 To say you ca n't earn any money in the WBO division is rubbish just look at Eubank .
21 Course with the winter and everything you see you ca n't do much outside .
22 See you ca n't use any of mine !
23 See M er Martin tried to get it used as people use it for meeting rooms and things but er you see you ca n't park either can you ?
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