Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] you ca [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the pettiest official to the biggest Minister , there 's not one of them you ca n't put a price to . ’ |
| 2 | In addition to her other problems , Kate Adie has achieved the status of someone you ca n't write about without attracting the wrath of the soft-left establishment ( aka your own Sean French and the Independent 's Reggie Nadelson ) . |
| 3 | Because usually you go off to a restaurant and if there 's twenty of you you ca n't sit together can you ? |
| 4 | Some of it you ca n't keep int office and |
| 5 | ‘ Major 's so far behind him you ca n't see him . ’ |
| 6 | Almost the first thing Mathers said was , ‘ You 're asking for something you ca n't get . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Why , Alice , ’ Harry said , staring at her curiously , ‘ you sound as if you 've fallen in love with someone you ca n't have . |
| 8 | Erm it has become worse in a way that er we did , I did experience some sort of er , er racial intolerance er with the youth , but the middle-aged and the er m older people were very , very er tolerant I had to ask er when I could n't find my way , ask my way to certain places and er there was an that er the lady just walked by me er with me and she , she said I 'll have to walk with you you ca n't find it . |
| 9 | Please take my advice and forget it before you get into something you ca n't control . ’ |
| 10 | He does seem to suggest , that if you 're directly interested or if you have a direct interest in something you ca n't take an objective view , and I would say that actually , members have shown their ability to erm , to achieve something different from that , the way they wear different hats at different committees , Mr comes to mind where he will argue for the D S O's , at the D S O managing board , and for the client at Education Committee . |
| 11 | I mean unless somebody 's living in it you ca n't go in the evenings in the winter can you ? |
| 12 | ‘ Her room smells funny , like an old jar with something sticky and brown in it you ca n't tell what it is . ’ |
| 13 | The whole thing became an exercise in what you ca n't do , not what you can do . |
| 14 | Now to me you ca n't beat a better that 's one of the best insurance people I 've ever been with . |
| 15 | He , he might say to me you ca n't use . |
| 16 | ‘ But it is very difficult to focus anger and revenge on someone you ca n't picture . |
| 17 | But when it comes down to it you ca n't do it can you ? |
| 18 | An and the other thing is of course , when I first started going on it you ca n't read while you 're on it |
| 19 | And coming off valium was a lot harder because you do n't realize that when you 're on it you ca n't get back off it again . |
| 20 | And if you think about it you ca n't get a much bigger turn out than that . |
| 21 | The rowing boat near the weir — only this time they had gone too far and Uncle Albert was not strong enough to row them back to safety ; the study at Uncle Albert 's house looking warm and friendly and inviting ; the professor beetle shouting rude instructions at some little beetles that had got into difficulty ; again a glimpse of her uncle 's study ; then a turnstile — one of those that only turn one way , so once you have passed through it you ca n't get back ; playful light beams now shrieking with fear as they hurtle past the window to their destruction ; walking up the down-escalator and not being able to get anywhere ; yet another brief snatch of the study … |
| 22 | I do n't pretend that this will be easy , because the power of your negative thoughts about what you ca n't achieve will be very strong . |
| 23 | You say words like that and everyone knows what they mean but when you look at them you ca n't understand them . |