Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police say they ca n't comment at this stage . |
| 2 | Right , Moxon , Metcalfe , Carrick , good old Arnie of course … er , that stocky lad who does n't move his feet properly … um , let me see now : um , oh yes , that fellow who keeps getting backache , and then that off-breaker who ca n't turn it , and that so-called seamer with the funny hairstyle who just ca n't bowl at all … |
| 3 | With something so idiosyncratic there are things it ca n't do at all well , and others it can perform superbly . |
| 4 | You ca n't move at more than about fifteen miles an hour maximum down Hurst Road anyway can you ? |
| 5 | I ca n't cope at all without a tin-opener — I 'm really hopeless — and of course it 's too late to start at my age . |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't walk at all . |
| 7 | Huh , you ca n't complain at that can you ? |
| 8 | But you ca n't dance at all cos you 're just so packed are n't you ? |
| 9 | Oh yes if something 's on your mind you ca n't sleep at all . |
| 10 | He said I ca n't go at nine o'clock I ca n't . |
| 11 | But he ca n't stop at that . |
| 12 | I ca n't win at all |
| 13 | Erm do you believe if , if we erm oh I think we 've already covered that bit right so if I put erm come up with a erm a recommendation that would provide erm an income for your wife in the event of your death erm is there any reason why we ca n't look at this ? |
| 14 | I li , I ca n't look at any of them shops she said . |
| 15 | — Can you ? — Yes , because buildings ca n't jump at all . |
| 16 | if you look at the cure of erm th the Blind Man of Bethsiedum which happened a little earlier , a similar thing happens when Jesus cures his sight , he ca n't see at first and Jesus has to do some more work on him with spit , spittle and er you know the , but there 's something behind that it 's not just a er a nature miracle , sorry a healing miracle overcoming physical ailments , that 's spectacular in itself but the can take something else on board here without the attitude of people and their willingness to accept who Jesus was and what his details of participant Bartiamaus had been given the vision he 'd been given was more than just his eyesight . |
| 17 | ‘ I think John 's between record contracts , too , which I ca n't understand at all . |
| 18 | There are some visits I just ca n't remember at all . |
| 19 | Well that , you ca n't grumble at that can you ? |
| 20 | I mean , I ca n't sew at all ! |
| 21 | Then there are those we can all remember from our own schooldays who just ca n't teach at all , though we are unable to recall from our own experience any example of the stratagem reported by one of our informants . |
| 22 | If someone ca n't read aloud competently , this does not mean he ca n't read at all : consider the number of us who could read French silently and understand it , but who would find it very difficult to " sound it out " and read it aloud . |
| 23 | What happens when ‘ he ’ moves in and I ca n't work at all hours , ca n't eat when I like , ca n't take a bath any time I like , when he insists that I visit his relatives ? |
| 24 | People turn up for auditions who ca n't play at all . |
| 25 | It wo n't , for example , recognize joined-up writing and even with individual letters it 's so hit and miss that you ca n't write at any speed because you have to go back to correct all the mistakes it makes . |
| 26 | If the patient can not walk at all , you should have a special wheelchair for outdoor use ; while an indoor wheelchair has large back wheels and relatively thin tyres , the outdoor version may have four small wheels with thick fat tyres , which should be kept pumped up to the correct pressure . |
| 27 | And do n't get so drunk that you ca n't stand up and have to sit down in the middle or , worse still , can not speak at all . |
| 28 | ‘ We can not tell at all how the pol[itica]l situation will develop , ’ wrote Trevelyan to Morel in July 1915 , adding : ‘ There is no hurry . ’ |
| 29 | Prices can not remain at this level for long , but potential buyers can be assured that their money will be safer in one of these than in almost any other car . |
| 30 | He may be frightened by crossing a road , by fast cars , by crowds or sudden noises , so that his spasticity increases ; he may panic and freeze in these situations , so that he can not move at all . |