Example sentences of "can n't take the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So she ca n't take the plug off . |
| 2 | ‘ Donna , you ca n't take the law into your own hands . |
| 3 | I ca n't take the credit . ’ |
| 4 | Even his closest friends are going whoa , hold on , ca n't take the Sanhedrin on , hold on , look at the temple , look at the temple guards , look at this it 's too much for me . |
| 5 | You can only watch helplessly as your child screws up her face , stamps her feet and screams because she ca n't take the toy she wants home with her , or have that alluring packet of sweets she 's seen before tea . |
| 6 | it 's not funny , you ca n't take the piss out of all those poor people that died . |
| 7 | But he 's the first to admit you can take the man out of the army , but you ca n't take the army out of the man . |
| 8 | Cos you clean a little bit , you clean the outside and it 's raining , cos you ca n't take the hoover out there and |
| 9 | they ca n't take the dog to the schools any more . |
| 10 | You chose to believe a stinking little rat who ca n't take the fact that a woman might just be better at his job than he is ! ’ |
| 11 | Well they 've already got the cup now , they ca n't take the cup away from you for best attendance can they ? |
| 12 | One person who claimed to have witnessed her collapse in the recording studio said : ‘ The poor kid just kept sobbing and saying , ‘ I ca n't go on , I ca n't take the pressure . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ People have said I ca n't take the pressure , but things like this happen to me week in , week out . |
| 14 | Too much work … report says students ca n't take the pressure . |
| 15 | limbo yeah , you 're coming together again in the house or whatever you have , a reception , and you need to go through that to come to terms with it or you can , you can need to go through that , but some people ca n't take the pressure emotional pressure of , you know , all the , hour , two hours , three , four hours before that it just , they |
| 16 | Notice how it 's all gone quiet now cos Jane ca n't take the pressure . |
| 17 | Thus the Rocko-Vario outfit ca n't take the place of the individual screwdrivers . |
| 18 | There is genuine drama and intelligence here , but the film ca n't take the strain . |
| 19 | This years plum harvest is so good that some trees literally ca n't take the strain — snapping under the weight of fat , ripening victorias . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't propose to read it out , if they ca n't take the trouble to send somebody to do it themselves , ’ said chairman Dr Derek Roberts , provost of University College . |
| 21 | ‘ Ca n't take the heat ? ’ |
| 22 | We ca n't take the Ship ! ’ |
| 23 | If you do n't take it , you know , if you ca n't take the joke they give you , they just they get really upset about it . |
| 24 | but that 's their weakness because they ca n't take , they ca n't take the stock |
| 25 | We ca n't take the piano there . ’ |
| 26 | Cos you ca n't take the site ! |
| 27 | The main disadvantage of plastic as a guttering material is that it ca n't take the weight of a ladder ; but it is risky leaning a ladder even against cast iron so if you need to support the top of the ladder away from a house wall , it is much better to use a ladder stand-off . |
| 28 | ‘ I ca n't take the risk … ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We ca n't take the risk . |