Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said , we 'll have to do without our Rice Krispies , if we ca n't manage to get any . |
| 2 | I think we 'll do without our Rice Krispies , if we ca n't manage to get some . |
| 3 | However , people do often need more than just a diet , as there may be psychological reasons why they ca n't manage to stay slim . ’ |
| 4 | No , you ca n't start using real people ! |
| 5 | ‘ Here , you ca n't start using that thing ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Obviously , you ca n't continue to do all the work that a client would like you to do . |
| 7 | They ca n't continue making these investments . |
| 8 | ‘ But we 've tried and Maureen ca n't bear to finish any more than I can . |
| 9 | ‘ I have broken up with my boyfriend and I ca n't bear to let any man touch me . |
| 10 | Oh I ca n't bear to throw those sticky bows away , when they 're not , they 're not |
| 11 | I ca n't bear waiting another week . ’ |
| 12 | Well in the evening they ca n't do do that now . |
| 13 | And he ca n't , you ca n't do twist any more . |
| 14 | Calcraft adds : ‘ We ca n't hope to win many of those matches , even though they wo n't bring their top teams . |
| 15 | ( It is of course necessary to ascertain that ‘ can sing ’ is not an excluded trait of dog ; the fact that It 's a dog does not entail It ca n't sing confirms this . ) |
| 16 | " Thou ca n't go using other people 's stuff like that . " |
| 17 | I ca n't stop singing that now , if only you had n't of said that |
| 18 | Mm , I ca n't stop munching these . |
| 19 | Right er , you lot if you ca n't stop making that stupid racket , I ca n't . |
| 20 | I ca n't stop laughing all the way up the street . |
| 21 | " I 'm afraid I ca n't claim to know much about knitting . " |
| 22 | I suppose that you just ca n't help loving this crafty , gormless , dithering , impatient Dagenham boy done good who 's made and apparently lost millions out of being a loveable loser , a part-time winner , with a bit of a chip on his shoulder , perpetually on the edge of panic , needing to much to impress . |
| 23 | Er then I ca n't help getting enthusiastic about it . |
| 24 | I ca n't help getting engaged on the human scale , minimal though this is , fight it though I do . |
| 25 | ‘ You have to remember , ’ Ellen liked to lecture Thessy and me , ‘ just how absurdly wealthy they all are , and how desperately the wealthy want to be liked because they ca n't help feeling guilty about being so rich , so we only have to be obsequious , give them loads of booze , and pretend to be impressed by their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions , after which they 'll reward us with an outrageously large tip — which is , after all , the sole reason for being nice to the ghastly creatures in the first place . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't help feeling guilty , though . |
| 27 | ‘ Really , it 's been a terrible season , rain rain rain , you ca n't help feeling sorry for the trades people , they have to live all winter on what they get from tourists . ’ |
| 28 | I ca n't help feeling upset by that , especially when my family has to suffer too . |
| 29 | Enthusiastic as I am about Beverly Anderson , I ca n't help feeling that Book Trust 's new slogan — ‘ Get Reading ’ — is a bit inflammatory . |
| 30 | Yes , I ca n't help feeling that would go nicely . |