Example sentences of "can [adv] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Murray overseas , ca n't quote today , first thing Monday . |
| 2 | We ca n't sit here all day ! ’ |
| 3 | You ca n't sit here laughing like this , you know . |
| 4 | ‘ We ca n't sit here forever , ’ Donna said finally . |
| 5 | But I ca n't sit here all night . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm aware of that , but I ca n't sit here and await their pleasure . |
| 7 | We bought these two sloping chairs right and Tony , where our seats were there was a big light in the ceiling , a big round light there , and it shone straight in the side of me eye I said we ca n't sit here . |
| 8 | I mean it 's , it 's general I suppose I mean if it would be better to switch it on and off which you can do and er , you know , I mean we ca n't sit here continually talking |
| 9 | I know you 're unhappy , but you ca n't sit indoors and brood about it all day . ’ |
| 10 | Because usually you go off to a restaurant and if there 's twenty of you you ca n't sit together can you ? |
| 11 | So I ca n't sit there and observe someone bringing in my stuff . |
| 12 | Say something , there 's a love — come on , you ca n't sit there all night … |
| 13 | No Clayton you ca n't sit there . |
| 14 | And he ca n't sit quietly and talk to people now . |
| 15 | I am underweight and I look underweight , but still I ca n't eat normally — that is , eat enough to gain weight . |
| 16 | Cos they ca n't eat properly with cleft palates anyway |
| 17 | No , no I ca n't I just ca n't eat so I 'm not forcing myself to eat , what I 'm trying to do is only to eat the right things and I must start vitamin supplements I think I 've got the age when I probably need that , I mean , this cold is a warning to me that my immune system is not as strong as it ought to be , I should n't have had another cold so soon after getting rid of one ! |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't eat now ! ’ she cried . |
| 19 | No , no it 's affecting me now , I ca n't eat that much , because if I , like , I eat |
| 20 | He certainly did not look as though he was about to stop and cry out , ‘ I ca n't , I ca n't eat any more ! |
| 21 | Ca n't eat too many of them can she ? |
| 22 | ‘ Ca n't blow now , folks . ’ |
| 23 | Ca n't draw properly . |
| 24 | So if you know the graph of Y equals X squared which unfortunately I ca n't draw tonight it 's draw it for you , could draw it from the inside keep telling everyone else . |
| 25 | And she ca n't cook nearly as well . |
| 26 | You must adapt to suit the environment — the environment ca n't change just for you ! |
| 27 | ROM is used for a fixed repertoire of standard programs , which are needed again and again , and which you ca n't change even if you wanted to . |
| 28 | Muggers aim to terrify their victims so that they ca n't react rationally . |
| 29 | You ca n't pretend otherwise now . ’ |
| 30 | Face de facts , yu ca n't pretend now , |