Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] [adv] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's n I still ca n't reconcile why it was kept secret cos surely this is a fundamental point cos it is because they ca n't openly declare that how that they are moving away from the United Front , but if they 're trying to show that they 're moving in line with the peasants ' demands surely they want to show that to the peasants an so there , there 's it 's more that how th the Party cadres have been acting out of step rather than them making it clear to the peasants . |
| 2 | He says they ca n't yet say all the jobs are safe but they want to build a growing company . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , Dr Rydell ca n't yet test this idea as he does n't know where his bats roost in the spring and autumn , but his case is supported by the behaviour of another insectivorous bat , the parti-coloured bat , in Denmark . |
| 4 | The police ca n't yet prove any of these antiques has been stolen , but they are suspicious . |
| 5 | ‘ You ca n't honestly believe that ! ’ he murmured in a low , hard voice . |
| 6 | We 'll let it lie for now , and if we do get any kind of a big response then maybe we can think about scheduling another programme , but I ca n't honestly see that happening . ’ |
| 7 | I mean I ca n't even read that . |
| 8 | Nothing , ca n't even read that one through , go with this one . |
| 9 | Yesterday the Labour coordinating committee met for its annual get together , now this is the body that has set itself the task of modernizing the Labour Party , a difficult task at the best of times , made more difficult now because there is a growing shortage of volunteers for the cause , they ca n't even raise enough members to fill their own executive . |
| 10 | ‘ You ca n't even ask that without being obnoxious , ’ she spluttered . |
| 11 | All I ask of you is to make one phone call to firm up a social event , and you ca n't even get that together ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't even get that right . |
| 13 | Well I was gon na ask you if you knew any girls , I mean for seven pound fifty you ca n't go wrong , you ca n't even get that in town with a hat |
| 14 | And I was thinking , I ca n't even get these ones let alone the two liners . |
| 15 | So you ca n't even say that . |
| 16 | A , an annual gay party in Sidney , B , a oh I ca n't even say that word , hang on |
| 17 | Goodness me , are you both so young that you ca n't even share any thing ? |
| 18 | You say you dream of him : I ca n't even have that . |
| 19 | ‘ She ca n't even have half a glass , ’ sighs Goldie . |
| 20 | I 'd just been talking to the guard , twelve hour shifts , sixty hours a week and he ca n't even have any time off for tea breaks or meal breaks . |
| 21 | No , but er I ca n't just do this with it ! |
| 22 | You 've got to think about something , thinking is very hard , you ca n't just sit all day and do it , even religious solitaries read and say prayers , when the human mind goes beyond anything perceivable there 's no proof any more . |
| 23 | Because we ca n't just accept that , that manufacturers will look after it for us , because as you 've , already said by the Chief , they 'll move the factory where it |
| 24 | ‘ You ca n't just damp these things down . ’ |
| 25 | I 'll have a look , but I 've had him doing actual words , like first words er , you know erm , Ben and large and in and out and just the , the easy words and Luke and his own name , so he is already got the idea that when you write a letter you ca n't just write any letter , you 've got to make letters say something either as erm , as an alphabet or in the form of words , so of course she says to , would you all like to write me a sentence , well he 's already passed that stage , he thinks himself well I ca n't write a sentence , what he knows as a sentence consists of words that make sense , so they 're all sitting there going a N , N , N , Q , R , S , N , T , T , and they 're saying a sentence like I went to the shops with my nanny , well Alex has already passed that stage , he knows that that is n't sensible , so he must of turned to her and he said , I ca n't write like that , my mummy will shout at me |
| 26 | I 'm sorry , Dad , but I ca n't just let this thing pass — sit back and pretend it has n't happened . |
| 27 | Because Neil plays very hard he produces a lot of power through the pickups , and he has recently realised that he ca n't just put any pickup with any EQ system , otherwise the signal from the bass simply overloads things … |
| 28 | I do n't mind that , but you ca n't just have that . |
| 29 | ‘ You ca n't just have that for breakfast , dear . ’ |
| 30 | At erm , summer camp , when I came last year as well , there were sisters , and the oldest one was about twelve , the next one was about ten , and the next one was about eight and they they were half cast , I 'm not qu quite sure , the their mother was sort of , she 's dark , she 's sort of half cast , and they 've got , they all very very attractive girls , with such lovely hair , just corkscrew , it 's really lovely , and they come out the erm , swimming pool and they bring their their erm , shampoo and their conditioner with them , and do I ca n't just see this the family look . |