Example sentences of "can n't [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It ca n't be but fifty or eighty mile from here . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't be that until their bodies are found . |
| 3 | It ca n't be that you have no principles . |
| 4 | and there ca n't be that many authorities left that are n't already involved . |
| 5 | No , ca n't be that no do n't worry about that . |
| 6 | You ca n't be than six . |
| 7 | I 'm never late for things , I try really hard to be late , but I just ca n't be because we were told off so much about it . |
| 8 | It 's supposed to be dead , but it ca n't be because — look ! the tendon is moving slightly , the muscle 's quivering . |
| 9 | Now that ca n't be because I was that much better at maths because I 'm not I mean |
| 10 | I said what do you mean sh oh I did n't mean it like that I meant she ca n't be because I like her . |
| 11 | and then someone said Barbra Streisand and then someone said she ca n't be cos she 's nice |
| 12 | No it ca n't be cos we 've only just just turned that one over ! |
| 13 | Some of you may be pissed off that the game was n't on R5 , but you ca n't be as pissed off as me . |
| 14 | Kohlberg 's dilemmas are not about real people — they ca n't be if the aim of the research is to discover objective principles of justice . |