Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We ca n't sit on the stage cos there 's crap raggers on the stage . |
| 2 | you , you ca n't sit on the bed |
| 3 | ‘ You ca n't rely on a human being to cure you of evil and give you peace . |
| 4 | Lions , for example , may snooze for up to 20 hours a day — and they , after all , ca n't rely on an owner for some convenient tinned catfood . |
| 5 | As an unknown you ca n't rely on the first , and very likely have no hip London friends or business connections to facilitate the second . |
| 6 | If you ca n't rely on the private sector or exports to get the economy going , you need to rely on the Government and there is very little in this statement to reflect that policy . |
| 7 | Oh yeah , at night , anyway because at night he 's alone and he 's from it and during the day , I know , I know my brother as I ca n't rely on the , and , and , you know , and look at , Michelle would look at , at him all the time , but , put , put the thing on you know . |
| 8 | ‘ Charles , look , we ca n't talk on the phone . ’ |
| 9 | Not possessing a BJ-10E , I ca n't comment on the kind of print quality it can church out using that driver , but TrueType , Windows ‘ built-in scalable font feature , should n't disappoint you . |
| 10 | What about for traders I mean , erm obviously you ca n't really c er why you ca n't comment on the fact that er how your father o o can you comment on how your father actually moved here in the first place . |
| 11 | Er I 'm not quite sure what er stage you want us to b be involved on this intensive policy but I I ca n't comment on the the technicalities of the vacancy rates even migration rates . |
| 12 | Thames Valley Police say they ca n't comment on the figures until they 've been discussed by the relevant committee next week . |
| 13 | Julian says the conventional sewage treatment plants being installed by Severn Trent are less efficient and cost 10 times as much to build.Severn Trent says it ca n't comment on the seven million pound claim until the court hearing . |
| 14 | Well not you ca n't pay on the night , can you ? |
| 15 | We ca n't compete on the basis , we ca n't project the profession if people are n't well trained and people are making slow and the only way we can overcome that is by taking the time to train people . |
| 16 | Now we travelled the best part of the Ukraine and we also dipped into and er we were there about a month , just under a month , and erm one of the impressions that I got there , just as an ordinary chap , no , not learned politically so I ca n't speak on the level er of most of your callers today , but er , I realise that here you had er people , in actual fact my my comment was the country 's half finished , everywhere you went there were building constructions so far incomplete , er projects underway and you 've got the impression that they did need communism in a way to make the thing work er , the er , let's take the Ukrainians , I mean that , that 's where the Cossacks come from and they love a good time , er those sort of people in a way need a strong government . |
| 17 | They ca n't sleep on the floor can they ? |
| 18 | ‘ Now , I ca n't build on the south or the east side of the houses because of the sea . |
| 19 | I ca n't see why they ca n't go on a camping holiday in France . |
| 20 | Things ca n't go on the way they are . |
| 21 | If you think you ca n't go on the Island in case you 're recognised , then you are finished . |
| 22 | Well you ca n't go on the list for six weeks anyway . |
| 23 | in about in the Easter holidays , I 'm going to see Cats , that 's like my dad 's treat because we ca n't go on the Friday that 's on a school , which I would like to , I think I will go on |
| 24 | The most uncomfortable part now is the interviews , because I ca n't put on an act , particularly on TV , I get really embarrassed seeing myself . |
| 25 | In a way , I 'm interested at the Engineering Prize Federation and C B I have also began to realise that we ca n't survive , and I 'm sorry if you 're retailers , ca n't survive on the service in this country , we got ta survive on a manufacturing industry in this country and the only way you can do that is by having , really a pool of trained people . |
| 26 | Barbados ca n't survive on the sugar market alone , but try convincing them of that . |
| 27 | As strawberries ripen , push some straw or plastic sheeting under them so they ca n't rot on the soil . |
| 28 | You ca n't not-be on a boat . |
| 29 | Sippl , who rues the fact the Unix industry ca n't agree on a common desktop interface , reflects that it 's ‘ scary that one vendor [ Novell Inc ] is about to take over what we spent a decade building ’ largely because he offers the customer homogeneity . |
| 30 | Sippl , who rues the fact the Unix industry ca n't agree on a common desktop interface ( UX No 426 ) , reflects that it 's ‘ scary that one vendor is about to take over what we spent a decade building ’ largely because he offers the customer homogeneity . |