Example sentences of "it [pers pn] ca [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I ca n't , it 'll , if you do n't take the head of it I ca n't eat it , I could n't even , I have prawn cocktail and you have a prawn , they put , they put a prawn on top whole , I could n't eat that , I could have peeled it , I looked at it and I thought about it , no , I can eat them when there done |
| 2 | It is , it 's got that many buttons on it I ca n't find which is which . |
| 3 | I ca n't resist it , once I 've made it I ca n't resist it . |
| 4 | oh yes , look mum it does n't mean does it cos he does n't like it I ca n't have some stewing beef |
| 5 | And then Australia came back and said , no that wo n't be soon enough , you 've got to ship it I ca n't remember when it was , beginning of March . |
| 6 | ‘ How is it I ca n't see them when I drink that wine , then ? ’ |
| 7 | On the other hand , now I come to think of it I ca n't see why they should go round clanking chains . |
| 8 | And the size of it I ca n't see it being full up . |
| 9 | How that girl can bring herself to sit there singing it I ca n't imagine . |
| 10 | I take it I ca n't call round . ’ |
| 11 | Some of it I ca n't disclose , some of it would have been on the lines of : ‘ Make sure you do this or that ’ . |
| 12 | But if , if we go in my car to fetch it I ca n't take the kids . |
| 13 | sort of , the , the last pair went , went on and on and on , it got to twelve o'clock and the the , the landlord said right that 's it he said I 'm closing down no matter what , he said I 'd , I 've , he was n't eleven o'clock on , he said that 's it I ca n't keep it open any longer , so they closed it down , we called the game off , called it a boring match , they came down the club , fucking played them there , thrashed them out of sight first four games , no first five games , five nil , straight away , wahey , fucking walloped them , walloped their that was the , that was the league champion 's as well , Post Office in Grantham |
| 14 | ‘ Her room smells funny , like an old jar with something sticky and brown in it you ca n't tell what it is . ’ |
| 15 | As it is , it excites comment and , to coin an old tabloid favourite phrase , ‘ Love it or hate it you ca n't ignore it . ’ |
| 16 | Most people say say you ca n't do it you ca n't do that can you go on . |
| 17 | I 've no idea how much they cost , but whatever 's left over will go towards the kitchen scissors — rather mundane I know but one of those things that 's not exactly necessary but once you 've got it you ca n't do without ! |
| 18 | I mean my impression is that the resource has come in on this , I mean extra staffing , I mean you need it you ca n't do it without , |
| 19 | Why is it you ca n't do this , eh ? |
| 20 | But when it comes down to it you ca n't do it can you ? |
| 21 | I mean unless somebody 's living in it you ca n't go in the evenings in the winter can you ? |
| 22 | So once you 've done it you ca n't sell any more even though there are two or three people in the wings saying can I go into it . |
| 23 | Some of it you ca n't keep int office and |
| 24 | How is it you ca n't find it ? ’ |
| 25 | An and the other thing is of course , when I first started going on it you ca n't read while you 're on it |
| 26 | And if you think about it you ca n't get a much bigger turn out than that . |
| 27 | And coming off valium was a lot harder because you do n't realize that when you 're on it you ca n't get back off it again . |
| 28 | The rowing boat near the weir — only this time they had gone too far and Uncle Albert was not strong enough to row them back to safety ; the study at Uncle Albert 's house looking warm and friendly and inviting ; the professor beetle shouting rude instructions at some little beetles that had got into difficulty ; again a glimpse of her uncle 's study ; then a turnstile — one of those that only turn one way , so once you have passed through it you ca n't get back ; playful light beams now shrieking with fear as they hurtle past the window to their destruction ; walking up the down-escalator and not being able to get anywhere ; yet another brief snatch of the study … |
| 29 | Now , you can see that coin down there , if you look carefully , you can see it you ca n't get it , you know where it is , it has n't gone through a hole into the centre of the earth it has n't , sort of , disappeared into outer space , you know exactly where it is , the chances are you could pin point it within a few inches of where i , even if you ca n't see it you know where it is , but you ca n't get at it to you , it 's lost you know it 's geographic location , you know when it went there , you know everything about it , you only thing is you ca n't get at it ! |
| 30 | Or even if she does n't like , and as much as she says , well she does n't like it she ca n't give it up until they 're old enough not |