Example sentences of "i ca [not/n't] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right , and I think that erm , yes , there 's a notion that I find useful in talking to students that we all have a comfort zone , there are all things that we know about , that we know how to do and if anything comes up — I mean in business it might be accountancy , we do n't all know how to handle figures , and so that 's an area that we 've hived off in that area and we all know that when we do that we are , as it were , giving up a bit ; we 're saying ‘ well , I ca n't manage I just do n't have I ca n't do that , it 's not for me ’ . |
| 2 | I ca n't sing I 'd embarrass myself . |
| 3 | She ca n't spend all day monitoring my blood sugar and giving me my thyroid medicine , and if I ca n't paint I shall go mad ! ’ |
| 4 | He would love his mum and me to get together , and I ca n't pretend I would n't want to have him as my son . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I ca n't pretend I know what that means . ’ |
| 6 | I ca n't hide , I ca n't hide I think I put new actually . |
| 7 | Sometimes I ca n't sleep I get that cold . |
| 8 | It 's a relief when the Terrorist Squad boys seem to lose interest but that still leaves all the rest and I ca n't think I ca n't think straight I ca n't sleep . |
| 9 | I ca n't think I need those |
| 10 | No , well like I have n't learnt it , I ca n't play I can play up to a certain bit in the start and then I can play the rest of it like , it 's just one I ca n't get it 's just real annoying , I have the at the right pitch and I just |
| 11 | I ca n't imagine I would try and scramble up over rocks using my nose , but the use of hands in the mountaineering hierarchy seems to be of prime importance . |
| 12 | After a few minutes I managed to get to my knees and use a pee-bottle , although after sweating so much , I ca n't imagine I needed to . |
| 13 | We may have met a long time ago at Rotherfield when I was on a weekend outing from school , but I would n't expect you to remember — it was at least 10 years ago and I ca n't imagine I was a memorable schoolgirl ! |
| 14 | I ca n't imagine I can only say that from my knowledge of Herefordshire as a Herefordian myself , I ca n't imagine for the life of me that there are seven thousand people locally who could remotely afford a thousand pounds per share . |
| 15 | Er I ca n't remember I was n't with them but we , we were in a spot and erm some of the tanks were away down there and some were up here and we , the next move we went to . |
| 16 | I , I do n't know but , I ca n't remember I do n't think about but I 'm really , if I say like |
| 17 | No I ca n't remember I 've got a nose cold . |
| 18 | I ca n't remember I think it was Louise who br I went up to talk to her , and the question was , which of follow which of the following is not a swimming stroke and you have butterfly , breast stroke , bird crawl . |
| 19 | I was in the same Mental and Moral Science class as him and I ca n't say I noticed . |
| 20 | ‘ I ca n't say I know any of what you 'd call good people . ’ |
| 21 | While I ca n't say I actually enjoyed the experience — as usual , two shirts flaked me out and put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day — I did find the whole process a whole lot easier on the nerves than throwing a glass of water across a shirt in the hope that somehow the creases , along with the water , would eventually evaporate . |
| 22 | Asked about the four-hour operation , he smiled and replied : ‘ I ca n't say I 'm looking forward to it , but it 's essential , so it has to be done . |
| 23 | Mr Souness , who arrived at a Manchester hospital offering the comment : ‘ I ca n't say I 'm looking forward to it but it is essential so it has to be done , ’ broke the news to his players on the way back from Sunday 's semi-final which Liverpool rescued late in extra time through Ronnie Whelan . |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't say I 'd given everything to make my husband what he was , or that he 'd cheated on me . |
| 25 | He had a point , though I ca n't say I appreciated his little joke at the time . |
| 26 | Our only means of escape is alcohol , and I keep off that pretty much ; but I ca n't say I blame chaps for getting drunk ( apart from the fact that it does n't do you any good ) , for few of them take any interest in books . |
| 27 | I ca n't say I have ever seen one like that , have you , lad ? ’ |
| 28 | I ca n't say I know many women like that but I find it interesting . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't say I feel much as if I am , ’ he added . |
| 30 | I ca n't say I felt any stronger when Beth left that day , but I was exceedingly glad that she had come and I was left with an inkling of hope . |