Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're not working so hard you ca n't blow a couple of bars of ‘ Casey Jones ’ , are you ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You ca n't sack a man because of his friends , ’ he said forthrightly , ‘ and Caretaker 's family have been in Medewich a long time . |
| 3 | Still , you 'd have to say she ca n't cook a meatloaf . |
| 4 | ‘ You ca n't erase a lifetime of habit by spending two weeks in the sunshine . ’ |
| 5 | In fact , it is desirable that they should meet and get to know each other for a day or two over a safe fence ( possibly a mesh that a horse ca n't kick a leg through ) before they are put in with each other . |
| 6 | You 're lucky because I 'll tell you for why , you ca n't change a video if you buy . |
| 7 | ‘ You want to change the world and you ca n't change a washer . ’ |
| 8 | Other than that the neck feels really good and solid , and although it 's of the slim , wide variety ( 43.75mm at nut ) the fingerboard is n't so wide that you ca n't wrap a thumb over the top if you 're so inclined . |
| 9 | When the time comes an' I ca n't lift a hundredweight of sugar or me old black pan , then it 'll be time for me to retire upstairs for good . ’ |
| 10 | Well you ca n't fancy a Cointreau cos erm |
| 11 | Just been to stupid Nettos , do you know you ca n't cash a cheque ? |
| 12 | But manager Howard Wilkinson 's hopes that Batty would be available to spark a revival at Elland Road were dashed yesterday when the player said : ‘ I ca n't set a comeback date and if things do n't improve soon I 'll have to see a specialist . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ She knows she ca n't manage a saucer ! ’ thought Marie . |
| 14 | Yeah , well I 'm a bit like that , I ca n't wear a jumper because I , I and yet years ago I always used to wear |
| 15 | Well I ca n't wear a wedding ring now , it , just cos it 's so wide , it 's a really wide one . |
| 16 | You ca n't wear a uniform ! |
| 17 | ‘ You ca n't blackmail a machine — ! ’ |
| 18 | Seems the purestrains ca n't pilot a ship , ca n't fire a gun , ca n't fix a fuse . |
| 19 | You ca n't identify a voice from a whisper . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh no , we ca n't tolerate an Astropath who puts homers into people 's heads . |
| 21 | So you ca n't dissolve a congress , there 's a fixed term , I 'll read you what the constitution says , it says the president shall from time to time give to the congress information on the state of the union you may have heard of the famous state of the union address to congress that the president makes on an annual basis and he shall recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient . |
| 22 | I ca n't picture a farmer on a picnic . |
| 23 | In the game of showbusiness endorsements , there 's no other party with such a single , simple point to make ; you ca n't embody a promise not to raise VAT or the future of industrial policy . |
| 24 | And let me tell you something finally , you ca n't hold a candle to my woman . |
| 25 | The comedian Dom De Luise makes an amusing enough Wazir , but his singing ca n't hold a candle to Richard Van Allan 's and is n't always exactly in tune . |
| 26 | There are players now valued in the £2m bracket who ca n't hold a candle to Ian in terms of ability and George Graham must be thinking he has bought himself a star on the cheap . |
| 27 | And , if you think YOU 'VE got ghosts … you ca n't hold a candle to this place . |
| 28 | It ca n't hold a candle to ‘ Football Focus . ’ |
| 29 | Well I ca n't hold a conversation on my own . |
| 30 | I ca n't offer an explanation as to where they are . |