Example sentences of "[pers pn] ca [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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1 | " These are from my share of the fruit , " he said , " for I ca n't give you the pears that belong to my brothers . " |
2 | Erm , another reason why I ca n't give you the whole story of course is because then there 'd be no reason to take this baby rather than this baby at the hospital , you know , so their histories are exactly identical , I E nil , erm , nothing individuates them on that account . |
3 | yeah , erm I would take a guess that there will be because we still have ambitions to shed a load of space so it would be advisable to re-fit to release further space we have another twenty six smaller stores that we have n't done at all yet other than put a so yes we 'll have an on-going re-fit programme I ca n't give you the exact details because erm how many it 's gon na be but there will be certainly an on-going re-fit programme . |
4 | ‘ I ca n't face that girl , I ca n't tell her the sadistic bastard that raped her is going to be let loose . ’ |
5 | It comes in handy , know a blue car and I think it has a boot , I ca n't tell you the type of , do n't make it up , if you do n't kn know , do n't make it up . |
6 | I ca n't tell you the dreck we 're going to have in it . |
7 | ‘ I ca n't tell you the reason , ’ he murmured . |
8 | I ca n't tell you the terrible sense of horror I had . |
9 | Yes , I know that Wolverhampton won , but I ca n't tell you the actual score . |
10 | ‘ I ca n't pronounce it the French way . ’ |
11 | I ca n't believe it the way they 've got that house . |
12 | And because I 've known that love , I ca n't deny you the opportunity . ’ |
13 | I 'm sorry , Dad , but I ca n't see it the way you do . |
14 | But you ca n't refuse me the pleasure of a dance — just one , for old times ’ sake ? ’ |
15 | Mind you , if you ca n't do it the weather will automatically do it for you , unless you plan to take a pneumatic drill into the garden with you in December . |
16 | I mean erm and sometimes of course you ca n't give them the practical help they need , you know , |
17 | but y I ca n't I have to say and I know right ca n't give her what she wants is somebody to sit down somebody to sit her down and talk to her and you ca n't give her the benefit of that because it 's a little battle right between the two silly little girls if you like and if that j if that happens had won right and that 's the way will feel it |
18 | You ca n't call it the league cup can you ? |
19 | Now we have n't got X in it yet so we ca n't give them the answer in that form cos they |
20 | annoying cos I sort of flared up with them and said , Well quote me the law , and they ca n't quote you the law I mean they it 's just someone who they seem to be we do it . |
21 | ‘ Money buys you certain things , but it ca n't buy you the simple pleasures in life like going around the corner into a bar and having a drink , ’ he says |
22 | There are , however , clear attempts to make us giggle , like when the Swamp Thing ( Dick Durock ) conceives a passion for Heather Locklear 's leading lady but tells her that he ca n't give her the love she wants because he 's a plant . |