Example sentences of "ca [adv] [verb] [det] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't eat much and this is why — |
| 2 | One person alone ca n't do much but perhaps … |
| 3 | she said you will still wo n't you , you ca n't do much if you just turn up , I do n't know though , their Christmas all freezing and bruises and |
| 4 | The visa has to be stamped in your passport , and they ca n't do that while you 've got it . ’ |
| 5 | I want to make her better but you ca n't do that so you 've got to make some effort . |
| 6 | ‘ I say living well is the best revenge , but you ca n't do that unless you get angry and go forward . ’ |
| 7 | But I ca n't do that unless you help yourself . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm here to help you but I ca n't do that unless you talk to me . |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't do that unless I know for sure , can I ? ’ shrieked Felicity . |
| 10 | He has to build his own resistance to infections and he ca n't do that if he never meets them . |
| 11 | You ca n't do that if you are out of condition . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm going to bring in some illuminated medieval books for you to have a look at , because what you 're going to do is to write this out in best on special paper using illuminated letters and if you 're very good we will try to get them laminated so that we can keep them as an example of what year seven students can produce as their best work , to say to everybody , hey look at this , this is very good , now we ca n't do that if I give you a sheet of A four paper and you manage to fill less than a quarter of that space , so you 're going to need a minimum of ten different things that you would like to say you think are important , you believe are important , you believe they 're valuable and your homework over the next week is to finish that list if you want it to rhyme , well yes you can work on it to make it rhyme , if you want to have what we call rhyming couplet , er just one moment I have n't said clear away . |
| 13 | Procedurally Nonnie we ca n't do that till we come to the sub committee . |
| 14 | ‘ So many people agree with others for the sake of it but Eric ca n't do that and he has to tell the truth and say what he 's feeling even if that is ‘ no ’ and it upsets people . |
| 15 | and we ca n't do that and be in here as well . |
| 16 | She sounded really cheesed off about I said how 's your revision going , cos I knew she was doing revision , she went cccckkk I try a maths paper and I ca n't do that , and I a chemistry paper and I ca n't do that and I really . |
| 17 | you can do this but you ca n't do that and and really they 're , they 're like children in a way , they will sort of try it on as much as they can get away with it ! |
| 18 | I said , ‘ You ca n't do that when it 's your first lover ’ , and my mother frowned . |
| 19 | You ca n't do that when it 's a drink driving . |
| 20 | But I mean he ca n't do that when she 's there |
| 21 | You can tell the solicitor and he will say or she will say to you Good I understand that or Have you thought of this or No you ca n't do that as the case may be . |
| 22 | You ca n't do that until you get the notes can you ? |
| 23 | ‘ The best way to rout the enemy is to confront him , but you ca n't do that until you know his name . ’ |
| 24 | There ought to be one for project video erm we ca n't do that until we can show a book . |
| 25 | You do n't hear women saying I ca n't do that cos that 's a man 's job ! |
| 26 | Now usually in the exams they work it so you ca n't do that cos they give you a graph already drawn and they 'll have sort of erm two squares is equal to one unit along the bottom but only one square equals one unit |
| 27 | I ca n't do that because it makes me uncomfortable . |
| 28 | External UPSs ca n't do that because they are n't connected to the PC 's system bus . |
| 29 | But we ca n't do that because we have to make our tiles in the way that 's most . |
| 30 | no , they ca n't do that because of the state of the economy |