Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't sit any money . |
| 2 | Oh and I ca n't eat that bread and butter now . |
| 3 | I ca n't eat this meat ! |
| 4 | Mum , I ca n't eat this bit this bit up there . |
| 5 | ‘ What d' you call this poncin' pap then ? ’ he raged , ‘ I ca n't eat this muck . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You ca n't eat damp bread . |
| 7 | He still ca n't draw any correlation between this project and the BIPS-1 work being done out at DEC 's Western Research Lab ( UX No 394 ) . |
| 8 | I ca n't shake that comparison : the way his skin glistens , the soft-packed oozing quality that he exudes . |
| 9 | Until I know why Albie died , I ca n't wrap this business up . |
| 10 | He said , ‘ Of course , we ca n't waste good food . ’ |
| 11 | You ca n't explain that sort of thing to people , though . |
| 12 | Well , she said , right , she said , er , he ca n't cash that cheque because his account 's in Ireland , so can you get him out the cash instead . |
| 13 | And you ca n't manage that broccoli as well ? |
| 14 | Yeah , the Really Wild Show yeah She ca n't manage normal size |
| 15 | " You ca n't wear that hat , " Enid says . |
| 16 | Now I ca n't wear any colour but black . |
| 17 | '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 . |
| 18 | If the entire resources of the western world ca n't prevent this fatwa , then what hope is there ? ’ |
| 19 | You ca n't measure any response without something against which to measure it . |
| 20 | Sorry , my my my other point is about about Ryedale , and and and its its and its its unde its relationship to Southern Ryedale , and erm Mr Smith said that erm as far as Ryedale Council are concerned they ca n't identify any more land within Southern Ryedale , well of course they would say that because was there position at the Southern Ryedale plan , but the fact of the matter is that there was a great dispute at the York greenbelt Southern Ryedale plan enquiry , revol resolving around the issue of what were the bits of the greenbelt which made up the historic character and thereby what were you left with that potentially could be developed , albeit it might be reserved as white land in the first place , but could potentially be developed , and a great deal of this land on the disputed side lay in Southern Ryedale , that in that in fact there was a view around the table not only sh not only shared by by the developers side , but erm that large parts of Osbaldwick and Huntingdon did n't fall within the definition of greenbelt as as set out by by the County Council in their N Y Two Two document , now that matter clearly has got to be something left to the Inspector and the Greenbelt Inquiry , but I think it 's fair to point out that there is actually a difference of view , so it 's not an absolute position , that you ca n't identify more land within within Southern Ryedale , and indeed , erm , not that I want to raise the Local Government Commission 's head again , but of course the Local Government Commission is proposing that York be a unitary authority expanded , and once Yor , if York does become a unitary authority expanded then some of these areas will fall within their area , and they may have a different view than er the Ryedale current Ryedale district council does , and therefore I think it is a little unsafe to take just at pure se pure face value , that there is no more land within Southern Ryedale that could be developed . |
| 21 | Mr Foggerty says he ca n't devote sufficient time to it , so we 've made no progress there . |
| 22 | I just ca n't spell that word ) . |
| 23 | I cos I ca n't picture another stone you know on any other roadsides and I 've been on plenty that and I travel and no and I can never know of another st stone that was put up to a tramp . |
| 24 | You ca n't cure one evil by bringing in another a thousand times more pernicious . ’ |
| 25 | You ca n't cure this type but you can keep him in order . |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't hold this door for ever . |
| 27 | ‘ To say you ca n't earn any money in the WBO division is rubbish just look at Eubank . |
| 28 | Ca n't reach that lot |
| 29 | I mean , this is why Hollywood you know can make a lot of money out of some pretty horrifying movie , the th the kind of thing I could n't go to see er cos I get the willies , I ca n't bear that kind of thing , but some people enjoy being frightened do n't they ? |
| 30 | I ca n't bear that feeling of rats gnawing at my stomach . |