Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What d' you call this poncin' pap then ? ’ he raged , ‘ I ca n't eat this muck . ’ |
| 2 | I ca n't eat this meat ! |
| 3 | Mum , I ca n't eat this bit this bit up there . |
| 4 | I ca n't draw this . |
| 5 | Until I know why Albie died , I ca n't wrap this business up . |
| 6 | ‘ You ca n't waste this ! |
| 7 | I 've been travelling in — no , I ca n't explain this . |
| 8 | If the entire resources of the western world ca n't prevent this fatwa , then what hope is there ? ’ |
| 9 | You ca n't cure this type but you can keep him in order . |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't hold this door for ever . |
| 11 | And finally , and I ca n't emphasize this strongly enough , in developing our open accounting product we developed a totally new application . |
| 12 | Paul ( 4.8 ) : You ca n't reach this high , Ceri . |
| 13 | If I kill myself , which is what I want to do because I ca n't bear this misery , then I will go to hell . |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't bear this , this is awful ’ . |
| 15 | I ca n't bear this ! ’ |
| 16 | Sorry , we ca n't extend this offer to readers in the Irish Republic . |
| 17 | I 'm sorry we ca n't finish this one up . |
| 18 | And just selfish enough to demand that momma bird flies back to the bloody nest — surely to God not tonight , you ca n't do this to me , Lucy , I 'm going to crack with all this nothing . |
| 19 | Well , Malcolm , I said I ca n't do this any more , it 's quite obvious . |
| 20 | A test paper which she should have found easy was turned in uncompleted , with ‘ I ca n't do this , sorry , ’ scrawled at the foot of the page . |
| 21 | ‘ Jeremy , help me , I ca n't do this . ’ |
| 22 | At least if you buy an old guitar there 's bound to be something you just hate about it or something that just jumps out at you and says , ‘ You ca n't do this ! ’ |
| 23 | You do n't say : ‘ Oh , my mum 's got cancer , we ca n't do this or that . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Now I am just glad he has been locked up , so he ca n't do this type of thing to anyone again . |
| 25 | We have to get away from the idea of saying ‘ Where does it say I ca n't do this ? ’ to ‘ What is the spirit of this ? ’ , and observe the latter . ’ |
| 26 | Eve , you ca n't do this to Mother Francis and everyone . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Help me , ’ she said , ‘ I ca n't do this by myself . ’ |
| 28 | If it ca n't do this the affected part of the structure remains damp ; This can then encourage rot to grow on timber , and may also result in frost damage to masonry in cold weather . |
| 29 | Inevitably there will be logistical problems ‘ I ca n't do this part because … ’ . |
| 30 | If you ca n't do this in the shop ask the shopkeeper whether you can try them out at home . |