Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | ‘ Here , you ca n't start using that thing ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Obviously , you ca n't continue to do all the work that a client would like you to do . |
| 5 | They ca n't continue making these investments . |
| 6 | ‘ But we 've tried and Maureen ca n't bear to finish any more than I can . |
| 7 | ‘ I have broken up with my boyfriend and I ca n't bear to let any man touch me . |
| 8 | Oh I ca n't bear to throw those sticky bows away , when they 're not , they 're not |
| 9 | I ca n't bear waiting another week . ’ |
| 10 | Well in the evening they ca n't do do that now . |
| 11 | And he ca n't , you ca n't do twist any more . |
| 12 | Calcraft adds : ‘ We ca n't hope to win many of those matches , even though they wo n't bring their top teams . |
| 13 | ( 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 . ) |
| 14 | I ca n't stop singing that now , if only you had n't of said that |
| 15 | Mm , I ca n't stop munching these . |
| 16 | Right er , you lot if you ca n't stop making that stupid racket , I ca n't . |
| 17 | I ca n't stop laughing all the way up the street . |
| 18 | " I 'm afraid I ca n't claim to know much about knitting . " |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Yes , I ca n't help feeling that would go nicely . |
| 22 | I mean I 've opened the washing machine up I mean literally you ca n't see fuck all So fucking big job |
| 23 | There still is n't any heat up there ; we 're freezing to death and we ca n't see to play this absurd game . |
| 24 | Who are these people that the politicians ca n't trust to consider such questions and decide upon ? |
| 25 | I ca n't remember writing that . |
| 26 | I ca n't remember fuck all about it . |
| 27 | I just ca n't remember doing that ! |
| 28 | I said I said oh I said I ca n't wait to lose this guts and those two were sitting there while I dressed and I said oh my guts and oh how I hate them , I said but if I lost them I mean |
| 29 | We ca n't wait to leave this theatre , this atmosphere , this trap . |
| 30 | I ca n't wait to allow all children to benefit from that eight million pound school up the road . |