Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | then I ca n't , if I eat the starter then the main meal I do I ca n't eat the rest . |
| 2 | You can eat the pink bits , mummy says , but you ca n't eat the rest . |
| 3 | Well yes , but there 's an awful lot of yolk and I do n't , really do n't see why you ca n't eat the white of the egg . |
| 4 | I ca n't eat the coleslaw . |
| 5 | ‘ Put it over the wheat-rick , so the wind ca n't blow the flames from the hay-rick on to it ! |
| 6 | Now it did n't mean that you build his war machine , but the Kuwaiti people being so close , or actually bordering , we helped the economy of Baghdad , we helped the economy of the Iraq , and we contributed thirteen billion dollars , just the government alone , to their economy and the people of Kuwait also helped with their own private donation to help the schools , the hospitals , the food , whatever they needed , and the country of Kuwait was erm trying to be , as my friend said , as neutral as possible because there is Irani interest in Kuwait , very great through trade , through Iranis who work in Kuwait , so we had a very difficult position with respect to keeping both parties erm sort of in sight , not lose sight of them from our humanistic point of view , but it was erm difficult to avoid being on the side of the Iraqui , mainly because they 're neighbours and they 're Arabs , and you 're part of the league of Arab states , so you ca n't draw the line and say the government was pro or against , but that was the atmosphere which we were leaving . |
| 7 | If a Zener diode is connected across the d.c. output ( as shown dotted in Fig 1 ) then the voltage ca n't exceed the Zener voltage . |
| 8 | ‘ It ca n't erase the injustices in the world . |
| 9 | Again , Palin 's natural humour and ability to laugh at a situation is never far away , but I ca n't shake the feeling that we 've seen it all before somewhere . |
| 10 | They 're members of Wendy Jeffery 's tap dancing class , and they just ca n't kick the habit . |
| 11 | She ought to be playing ten chukkas a day with really good players , and she ought to get miles away from you so she ca n't kick the shit out of you . ’ |
| 12 | He ca n't kick the door down this time . |
| 13 | The couple who ca n't kick the habit . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're a high-powered businessman , though I ca n't guess the business . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I think the fines should be higher but I ca n't change the magistrates ' rulings , ’ he adds . |
| 16 | ‘ You ca n't change the past , ’ said Jack . |
| 17 | You ca n't change the past but you can ruin a perfectly good present by worrying about the future . |
| 18 | WE CA N'T CHANGE THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD , BUT WHAT RED NOSE DAY GIVES EVERYONE AT COMIC RELIEF AND ALL ITS SUPPORTERS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE MONEY THEY NEED TO RADICALLY CHANGE THEIR LIVES . |
| 19 | Compaq area sales manager Bernard Schaffer commented ‘ We have some flexibility , but we ca n't change the world , ’ adding ‘ the government is definitely under pressure , but the rules will hurt everybody in the market and finally they will hurt Slovakia . ’ |
| 20 | For instance , you ca n't check out the card 's configuration just by looking at it , and you ca n't change the configuration if you do n't have the set-up utility . |
| 21 | No , I mean that it comes as a surprise when you first experience it , and then after that you ca n't change the course of events . |
| 22 | Very often you ca n't change the situation immediately . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , ’ King George replied , ‘ you ca n't change the world if you sit by the fire . |
| 24 | " Ca n't change the ten , " he said . |
| 25 | try as one might , one ca n't change the group , but , but clearly these are not th the examples that Freud chooses are really big groups where the kind of factors he 's talking about comes through very clearly because y y you can not explain what happens in the Catholic Church or an army . |
| 26 | we ca n't change the horses . |
| 27 | Delectable though you are , even you ca n't change the fact that Peter has never understood exactly what the word ‘ fidelity ’ means . ’ |
| 28 | We ca n't change the past , but we can all do our best to make the future perfect . ’ |
| 29 | Well if they take you on on the basis that you do n't have to work Sundays , they ca n't change the regulations when you 're working . |
| 30 | You wo n't notice the first , except in crisper handling ; you ca n't ignore the second , which with 60/40 split rear seat increases versatility no end . |