Example sentences of "can [adv] [vb infin] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No good to man or beast since Chernobyl They 're still radioactive , he explained ‘ Still ca n't eat their mutton . ’ |
| 2 | I ca n't eat my coleslaw . |
| 3 | There 's gronnies lurking about in me coffee , I do n't see why I ca n't eat me bun . |
| 4 | And do n't worry if you ca n't eat your pud . |
| 5 | If we ca n't eat your food , we might as well die . ’ |
| 6 | The British ca n't change their policy and negotiate with these terrorists , can they ? |
| 7 | ‘ You must take me as you find me ’ , ‘ A leopard ca n't change his spots ’ and other maxims take an essentially pessimistic view about the malleability of behaviour . |
| 8 | Good grooming reaps instant benefits and , while you ca n't change your looks overnight or develop instant muscle , a sophisticated scent will speak millions for your confidence . |
| 9 | ‘ Copper Blue ’ , meanwhile , is released on September 7 and features nine tracks including ‘ Changes ’ , live favourite ‘ Helpless ’ and a new version of ‘ If I Ca n't Change Your Mind ’ . |
| 10 | Virtually every track is a winner , though it 's the optimistic ones which shine through initially , like the recent ( prophetic ) single ‘ Changes ’ with its sinewy lead guitar line , and Side Two 's poppy ‘ If I Ca n't Change Your Mind ’ . |
| 11 | There are still glimpses of Mould 's feeling of uselessness — if not with himself , then with his relationship with other people , borne out by the aforementioned ‘ If I Ca n't Change Your Mind ’ and the earlier ‘ Helpless ’ . |
| 12 | I mean , they ca n't change your skin can they ? |
| 13 | ‘ You ca n't change your mind at this point , ’ said my mother , carefully reasonable , and ignoring this imbecile talk of nuns . |
| 14 | I ca n't change my face , so I 've learned to like it , and like who I am . |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't change my past , ’ he says , ‘ but I can have a damn good try at the future . |
| 16 | ‘ I meant what I said , and you ca n't change my mind by caveman tactics . ’ |
| 17 | I ca n't change my mind about the name Lemarchand as suddenly as this . ’ |
| 18 | I ca n't change my way of thinking , though , and I want to go home , even if you think it 's childish . ’ |
| 19 | " Dear Miss Monroe , but you have been Sara in my mind for so long — Miss Lockwood 's great-niece Sara , Jenny 's sister Sara , and now my fellow householder Sara and my landlady Sara — I ca n't change my thinking . |
| 20 | We ca n't change our style and we wo n't . ’ |
| 21 | We ca n't change our view now . |
| 22 | So you ca n't ignore their alcohol content . |
| 23 | I know you never considered Madeleine was the right girl for me and no one in this whole world knows me as well as you do , so I ca n't ignore your opinion , even though I 'd like to . |
| 24 | if Labour get in and they ca n't fulfil their promises |
| 25 | I ca n't waste my life sleeping . |
| 26 | ‘ Of course , tomorrow is Monday and Jones goes back on air , so perhaps he feels he ca n't waste his energy on you tonight . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You think that if I do n't know about your affairs , it ca n't disturb our relationship . |
| 28 | ‘ Obviously I ca n't bother my father with them yet . |
| 29 | Steve has a proverb for us : ‘ There 's a cliché about film criticism that says you ca n't talk your way out of a belly laugh or an erection . |
| 30 | ‘ You ca n't treble your staff to compete , so we have to throw the resources of The Daily Telegraph behind it , ’ an executive said . |