Example sentences of "can n't [vb infin] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , if there is a conflict between the vocalist and guitarist , you ca n't ignore it hoping that it will go away . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't pretend it has n't happened once or twice . |
| 3 | ‘ Charity , we ca n't pretend it did n't happen . ’ |
| 4 | If you ca n't link it to profit , do n't have it , do n't do it : it will contribute nothing |
| 5 | Somebody needs to authorise , like job description , that is what they are to do , and that really needs to be a manager rather than the individual , erm , but there is no reason why the individual ca n't sign it to say yes this is the job I do . |
| 6 | I ca n't reach it to perform the same trick as on Mait 's … . ’ |
| 7 | I ca n't bear it to end . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't bear it having you here and fighting like this and not having you , really having you . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | it 's very hard , if you ca n't do it go to the Snow White picture and colour the picture |
| 11 | If you , you ca n't do it looking at the book . |
| 12 | Just out on video , the even worse Ghosts Ca n't Do It tries to resurrect Bo Derek 's career . |
| 13 | but I ca n't bring it to mind , it wo n't come to the front as it were . |
| 14 | I ca n't open it to see the big one |
| 15 | I ca n't open it to see what 's it doing |
| 16 | I ca n't leave it unlocked . |
| 17 | ‘ You ca n't make it talk , ’ Fred said . |
| 18 | You sit in a rocking chair but ca n't make it go . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | Some women ca n't make it last the week so theirs is kept in the office . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | It 's very frustrating to fit a new drive , only to find you ca n't make it work because the cable wo n't reach . |
| 23 | But it 's something that 's happened and you ca n't make it unhappen . |
| 24 | There is an imbalance , and I feel that I ca n't allow it to go on . |
| 25 | I ca n't prove which it is ( or even if they 're doing it together ) but I ca n't allow it to go on . |
| 26 | But you ca n't think about that because that is n't the point ; although you know it does matter , you ca n't allow it to matter , you ca n't let something like that stop you . |
| 27 | We ca n't allow it to ruin our lives or the lives of the rest of the family either . |
| 28 | She ca n't help it see can she ? |
| 29 | I envy her her happiness — she ca n't help it shining out of her but I 'm also bitter against her for saddling me with this lot , and for changing-me from what I was : she made the young girl into a woman before her time and a bitter one at that . |
| 30 | Somehow I ca n't see it catching on in the way Play-Doh did . |