Example sentences of "can not [pers pn] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nan why ca n't they leave just a little patch of grass for the fire ? |
| 2 | ‘ What I want to know is , why ca n't they carry on decently , like we used to do ? ’ |
| 3 | They like training which they can actually apply , that has practical applications so say if you 're thinking of something like erm motivation styles or something like that , if you were gon na introduce Lounslow I du n no at the motivation there are loads of them one 's Lounslow one 's Hertzberg if you were introducing our training to a pragmatist what would be essential is you could actually show the practical application of it , if you just put forward C V and no practical application the pragmatist would say well this is all very well in theory , but how can I apply it to my job and if they ca n't they think well what 's the value of this . |
| 4 | That 's right , well why ca n't they go out beside the medical centre , again ? |
| 5 | I know the tourists are very important to York but for goodness sake it is n't a huge city ca n't they walk round ? |
| 6 | Why ca n't they walk round ? |
| 7 | Yeah I know I did n't want to do that just at the moment Yep hand on hang on er I 'm just I 'm looking up again close the phone failure what that one there all right oh I was leaving that one open in case somebody rang through do n't if they ring through ca n't they come straight on if I leave it open ? |
| 8 | Russells Hall pupils ' comments were along the lines of ‘ Ca n't they come back this afternoon ? ’ but also included : ‘ Dipak can draw well ’ and ‘ Marcelle thinks I 'm a really good writer . ’ |
| 9 | Ca n't we eat around here ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Why ca n't we move away entirely and to a new system which after proper and full consultation would set prices and regimes periodically ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Ca n't we go somewhere else ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Ca n't we go somewhere a little less — well , expensive ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Ca n't we go on ? ’ |
| 14 | The lightning flared into his face and , covering his eyes with one hand , he said desperately , ‘ For God 's sake ca n't we go downstairs ? ’ |
| 15 | Ca n't we go any faster ? ’ |
| 16 | She swallowed drily and asked huskily , ‘ Why ca n't we go down the ladder this way ? ’ |
| 17 | Well ca n't we go down and |
| 18 | ‘ Ca n't we go back ? ’ |
| 19 | So we ca n't we do n't usually talk about ligand gated channels being sodium channels , they 'll normally pass more than one type of cation fairly non-selectively , they do n't really mind . |
| 20 | It 's excuse me ca n't we make up our own language |
| 21 | Ca n't we meet somewhere ? ’ |
| 22 | You ca n't we 've only got two lights here |
| 23 | ‘ Ca n't we stay out all night ? ’ |
| 24 | " Ca n't we run away ? " |
| 25 | ‘ Dammee , ca n't we get on to some real facts ? |
| 26 | ‘ Then why ca n't we keep on talking until we finally get through to each other ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Why ca n't we find out ? ’ she snapped . |
| 28 | Er it may have been but you ca n't we have n't got much evidence for that . |
| 29 | ‘ Ca n't we come up to the hill ? ’ asked someone . |
| 30 | ‘ Why ca n't you go away and get some style ? ’ |