Example sentences of "can n't [verb] them [det] " in BNC.

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1 But they ca n't ignore them all the time .
2 Well , whatever they 've seen , it ca n't bother them all that much .
3 It 's one of the advantages of a bar , they ca n't bug them all .
4 Oh , I ca n't wear them that short now .
5 Clifford said he did not know which academic dress to wear as he had three London degrees , and ‘ I ca n't wear them all at once ’ .
6 ‘ Yes , the injuries are worrying , but you ca n't lump them all together and blame artificial snow , ’ said Kasper .
7 One ca n't avoid them all .
8 ’ One ca n't avoid them all , ’ she often said .
9 I ca n't check them this morning .
10 Professor Summerfield 's a good shot , but she ca n't hold them all off .
11 Favourite guitars , expensive combos , trick rack systems — you ca n't watch them all the time , and they 're so easy to lift .
12 In a real world where you face managerial decisions and you have to make a decision , you can do one thing or a number of other things , but you ca n't do them all at once , it 's just not possible .
13 you know , you ca n't do them all in that sense , but if you had somebody somebody like Colin might be able
14 Come off it I 'm afraid , we ca n't do them both ways .
15 but briar to that we 've got this game show , you know , a bit like er Blind Date and I mean I ca n't stand them any way , and I 'm thinking I have n't got the patience in the morning when I 've got dinners to put up and I 've got them to get going
16 I ca n't marry them both .
17 But because , the media hold out these expectations as the norm and people ca n't meet them all , they then feel failures
18 If we ca n't answer them this very day , or in fact , if they do not occur to you this very day , but on subse quent occasions , of course , we will endeavour to answer the points a little later on .
19 Ca n't owe them that amount !
20 However deeply you care for your children , without knowledge of how they develop , how their experiences affect their personalities , you ca n't give them this … this birthright you talk about so glibly .
21 Still , I ca n't win them all , can I ? ’
22 You ca n't win them all .
23 As the saying goes " you ca n't win them all " .
24 Even you ca n't kill them all .
25 The staff there are trained to spot suspect packages , but with millions of letters and parcels to deal with , they ca n't see them all .
26 Now , you ca n't see them both .
27 I ca n't remember them all now , but I know that no speaking was allowed in the class-rooms , corridors or on the stairs ; no running anywhere indoors ; no borrowing of any kind ; all long hair had to be plaited ; indoor shoes were never to be worn outside , nor outdoor shoes inside , and there were specific shoes for games , gym , hockey and so on ; school uniform was strictly enforced , and hats compulsory .
28 ‘ Oh I ca n't remember them all now , ’ Hortensia said .
29 ‘ With other illustrators , I work at a distance — we visit and phone , but there is a point at which I ca n't pester them any more , ’ Allan says .
30 Er , do one thing at a time , these A types who juggle all these different jobs , still ca n't get them all done .
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