Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] [verb] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police say they ca n't comment at this stage . |
| 2 | Right , Moxon , Metcalfe , Carrick , good old Arnie of course … er , that stocky lad who does n't move his feet properly … um , let me see now : um , oh yes , that fellow who keeps getting backache , and then that off-breaker who ca n't turn it , and that so-called seamer with the funny hairstyle who just ca n't bowl at all … |
| 3 | With something so idiosyncratic there are things it ca n't do at all well , and others it can perform superbly . |
| 4 | You ca n't move at more than about fifteen miles an hour maximum down Hurst Road anyway can you ? |
| 5 | I ca n't cope at all without a tin-opener — I 'm really hopeless — and of course it 's too late to start at my age . |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't walk at all . |
| 7 | Huh , you ca n't complain at that can you ? |
| 8 | But you ca n't dance at all cos you 're just so packed are n't you ? |
| 9 | Oh yes if something 's on your mind you ca n't sleep at all . |
| 10 | But he ca n't stop at that . |
| 11 | I ca n't win at all |
| 12 | Erm do you believe if , if we erm oh I think we 've already covered that bit right so if I put erm come up with a erm a recommendation that would provide erm an income for your wife in the event of your death erm is there any reason why we ca n't look at this ? |
| 13 | I li , I ca n't look at any of them shops she said . |
| 14 | — Can you ? — Yes , because buildings ca n't jump at all . |
| 15 | ‘ I think John 's between record contracts , too , which I ca n't understand at all . |
| 16 | There are some visits I just ca n't remember at all . |
| 17 | Well that , you ca n't grumble at that can you ? |
| 18 | I mean , I ca n't sew at all ! |
| 19 | Then there are those we can all remember from our own schooldays who just ca n't teach at all , though we are unable to recall from our own experience any example of the stratagem reported by one of our informants . |
| 20 | If someone ca n't read aloud competently , this does not mean he ca n't read at all : consider the number of us who could read French silently and understand it , but who would find it very difficult to " sound it out " and read it aloud . |
| 21 | What happens when ‘ he ’ moves in and I ca n't work at all hours , ca n't eat when I like , ca n't take a bath any time I like , when he insists that I visit his relatives ? |
| 22 | People turn up for auditions who ca n't play at all . |
| 23 | It wo n't , for example , recognize joined-up writing and even with individual letters it 's so hit and miss that you ca n't write at any speed because you have to go back to correct all the mistakes it makes . |