Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] really [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.

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1 I ca n't really clarify that .
2 I think one person who is in their thirty or forties or two people so , you know you ca n't really quantify that very easily .
3 Ca n't really stop that
4 see , so I ca n't really cash any more , you know ?
5 Erm we ca n't really answer that , as a body , until we 've looked at some of the er preparation for that .
6 ‘ But we also like to get the dynamics right … and I ca n't really sing any other way . ’
7 ‘ We ca n't really do much , then ? ’
8 Well I , I ca n't really do much about that tonight but if , if you can leave that with me , what I 'll do is I 'll have a word with er
9 And er you ca n't really do much because of the stone walls and there 's too much window and too much noise , and you get quite a few insects in them , and they 're just generally not very nice at all .
10 Well I , I ca n't really do much about it old chap !
11 because er I ca n't really do much with my two anyway
12 So I mean erm I was going to say put money on the Grand National , but you ca n't really do that can you ?
13 You ca n't really do that though
14 Erm , the difficulty is that you ca n't really do that in work situations .
15 Yeah because the other thing is that although erm you might have all these sort of high flying ideas about what you wan na do and you do n't actually feel tied down by a relationship , actually you do live your life thinking well ca n't really do that because I wan na be with him .
16 It 's a trick you fall back on if you ca n't really do any original thinking — you devise a new research procedure to ‘ confirm ’ an already established theory .
17 There 's only half the class so you ca n't really throw many eggs and rotten tomatoes and things can you ?
18 You ca n't really mean that . ’
19 It 's a good way to do it to if you think , Oh I ca n't really handle this going on here , put all your noughts on and then you can work out what they come to .
20 Cos you ca n't really get that red through without crushing it .
21 Dr Solomon 's Anti-Virus Toolkit now comes in a new Windows flavour , and with only six on-screen buttons to push ( one of them is the exit button ) , you ca n't really get any simpler selection of what is very powerful anti-virus software .
22 Only three per cent of employers give any sort of help for childcare and I ca n't really see that increasing ’ .
23 Ca n't really see that house , either ; too many trees . ’
24 I ca n't really see that being the tape itself
25 But after a few years of this , you ca n't really see any attraction in it , except the security , of course .
26 I ca n't really see any of the current players qualifying , apart from Strach as part of the management team .
27 The only thing is I ca n't really put much salad in them there , because salad does n't freeze awfully well
28 I ca n't , ca n't really remember that , not too clear cos when you are a child you do n't memorize these things .
29 I ca n't really remember any of the accident at all .
30 In fact , as Christmas has been disappointing here I ca n't really foresee this year being much better than 1992 . ’
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