Example sentences of "[pers pn] ca [not/n't] [verb] me " in BNC.
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1 | His nibs here was doing his solo piece , the stage to himself and the old people were comparatively quiet , until the one with the hearing aid asked in no small voice , ‘ I ca n't get me aid to work ; what 's he playin' ? ’ |
2 | ‘ Well , I ca n't see me wearing one of them suspender belts , ’ said Bella . |
3 | I ca n't see me ever catching up … ( pointing to a nearby block of flats ) … see that dump over there ? |
4 | I ca n't see me cooking . ’ |
5 | it 's , it 's fair do all together anyway I ca n't see me ever painting a car again |
6 | I just felt pressured , it was all the bloody time , " You ca n't love me if you wo n't do it , everybody is doing it . " " |
7 | I think I stopped when I once asked someone what the matter was and he said : ‘ If you do n't know , then you ca n't love me . ’ |
8 | ‘ No , you ca n't love me . ’ |
9 | ‘ You ca n't love me . |
10 | One of the most respected of our club members , on our committee of management , Pavel Pavlovich Gaganov , an elderly man ad highly esteemed , had formed the innocent habit of following anything he had to say with the vehement addition , ‘ No , sir , you ca n't lead me by the nose ! ’ |
11 | On another occasion David Bellamy said to me ‘ You ca n't tell me that a canoe would not disturb an otter ’ . |
12 | But you ca n't tell me that you 'd be happy remaining in London , not in charge , not being around to see everything was all right . ’ |
13 | And if you ca n't tell me , please give me a sign . |
14 | Is it so dreadful a secret that you ca n't tell me ? ’ |
15 | You ca n't tell me that was accidental . |
16 | ‘ No , you ca n't tell me yet , ’ McDunn says quietly and reasonably . |
17 | ‘ You ca n't tell me you 're constantly busy ? ’ |
18 | You ca n't tell me . |
19 | You ca n't tell me it 's for nothing . |
20 | You ca n't tell me any different . |
21 | ‘ But you ca n't tell me how ? ’ |
22 | You ca n't tell me to . ’ |
23 | What do you mean , you ca n't tell me ? |
24 | ‘ But you ca n't tell me your hardworking pilots wear out a silk scarf every other week , so you do n't need new ones all the time . ’ |
25 | You ca n't tell me there is n't something odd about that . |
26 | so there you , you get on the accounts you get a , a er , apparently , income er extension of the scheme budget by nearly four thousand pounds , three , eight , then you go back with what Lord was asking you about and I just want you to explain it if you can , if you ca n't tell me , as he drew your attention to surplus per audited account at August ninety nineteen one , a hundred and eight , eighty , so that , in fact the year ending nineteen ninety two , along these accounts we 're dealing with , in fact the expenditure of exceeded budget by nearly four thousand , the previous year er in nineteen ninety one er it had gone the other way that er |
27 | ‘ You ca n't tell me you acted from any other motives than lust and greed , ’ he announced firmly when she stopped speaking . |
28 | And you ca n't tell me that you believe all that mumbo-jumbo either ! ’ |
29 | If you feel you ca n't tell me , well enough . |
30 | This was so unusual that Sophie asked curiously , ‘ I know you ca n't tell me , but I hope Ian 's news was n't anything bad . |