Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , I ca n't wear them that short now . |
| 2 | If if I say well let's try and add up a sixth and a twelfth and most people want to add the six and the twelve together and things like that but you ca n't do it that way you 'll have to change them both into something that 's the same . |
| 3 | Er , I sorry , , just clearing my throat , er , I did , I did delegate if somebody put it on the end of somebody 's assignment , then I to it , but I tend to find I underestimate what people can do for me all the time , and do n't identify just how much those people can give me back , and I did , or I do have a tendency at times to give people like before , to hold on too much , try and do too much myself , and er , you ca n't do it that way in case . |
| 4 | Sometimes you ca n't do it that way though can you ? |
| 5 | And then you have a we sorry , I 'm sorry I ca n't do it that week , I 've got a weeks holiday . |
| 6 | you ca n't do it that way , you just slide the pack out |
| 7 | He 's a miserable manager at the I mean she ca n't stand him that 's in the bar . |
| 8 | You ca n't tell me that was accidental . |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't tell him that ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Come on now , you know I ca n't tell you that . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't tell you that , Karim . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't tell you that . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't tell you that . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't tell you that , sir . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't tell you that . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't tell you that , Folly , ’ he said at last , raising his head again to look her squarely in the eye . |
| 17 | Er , now if you 're going to use that , you know , so if somebody phones me and says er , you know , Ricky I like to meet with you at er , on , on the thirtieth , I would just say I 'm sorry , I ca n't meet you that day . |
| 18 | Ca n't owe them that amount ! |
| 19 | And I ca n't give her that . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I ca n't give you that information . |
| 21 | A ca n't give you that sort of mind bust ! ’ |
| 22 | Ca n't give you that one . |
| 23 | ‘ You know very well that I ca n't give you that sort of information , ’ said Harris , his gravelly voice unusually gentle . |
| 24 | The council ca n't give you that amount . |
| 25 | I 'm sorry I ca n't give you that . |
| 26 | I 'm not lying , I 'm not saying I 'm , I 'm addressing you know , a national convention , or I 'm going to see the Queen , or whatever , I 'm just saying I ca n't see you that day . |
| 27 | Tomorrow I 'll bring in a blank tape if you want to but I ca n't take them that one . |
| 28 | it ca n't take you that long to learn to lift somebody properly ! |
| 29 | Something inside says ‘ You ca n't say it that way , it does n't work ’ and so we change it . |