Example sentences of "can n't [vb infin] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | PLAYER : They 're hardly divisible , sir — well , I can do you blood and love without the rhetoric , and I can do you blood and rhetoric without the love , and I can do you all three concurrent or consecutive , but I ca n't do you love and rhetoric without the blood . |
2 | a lot of myths surrounding Down 's Syndrome children as to what they can and ca n't do you see and er |
3 | But it 's sad you that ca n't do you know what I mean , they all start lumping together . |
4 | World population , erm probably what I 'm gon na have to do is , although they , they said you ca n't do it do n't get any ideas about doing it with because it 's not possible . |
5 | it 's very hard , if you ca n't do it go to the Snow White picture and colour the picture |
6 | With a timid child , you can take her to the mum-and-toddler group , but you ca n't make her play . |
7 | Mais je me dis , des enfants c'est des enfants , on peut pas les faire penser comme des adultes , on peut pas — ‘ I tell myself , children are children ; one ca n't make them think like adults — one just ca n't ’ |
8 | you can only encourage them you ca n't make them do it . |
9 | ‘ Surely they ca n't make them fly through that , can they ? ’ |
10 | You ca n't make them come off they 're blimming boots . |
11 | No you ca n't make them buy them , no . |
12 | ‘ They ca n't make me go there . ’ |
13 | " I wo n't go , you ca n't make me go ! " |
14 | You ca n't make me go back with you . |
15 | The guy holds tight to his pistol but he ca n't make me move my knee . |
16 | You ca n't make me do anything against my will ! ’ |
17 | You may be responsible for my being here , but you ca n't make me stay . ’ |
18 | Then with greater determination , ‘ You ca n't make me stay here . ’ |
19 | Playtex Secrets Lycra-control underwear ( even if they ca n't make me look like Ulrika ) |
20 | ‘ Even if you do find him , you ca n't make him go back to your sister , ’ she said slowly . |
21 | You can take a newt to water , but you ca n't make him swim . |
22 | I ca n't make him hear me , or see me . |
23 | ‘ He ca n't make you do it , you know . ’ |
24 | ‘ Yeah , I suppose music ca n't make you go pick up an axe . |
25 | ‘ I ca n't make you believe in Dana , but neither of us would hurt your sister , ’ Claudia said . |
26 | ‘ You ca n't make it talk , ’ Fred said . |
27 | You sit in a rocking chair but ca n't make it go . |
28 | If there is one overriding golden rule with feeding any plant , but especially with roses , it is the meaning of the old saying ‘ you can lead a horse to water , but you ca n't make it drink ’ . |
29 | Some women ca n't make it last the week so theirs is kept in the office . |
30 | I find that other kind of sound very forgiving ; I can get through it technically , but I ca n't make it come alive the way somebody else could . ’ |