Example sentences of "ca not [vb infin] i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ca n't kick me around . " |
| 2 | Eventually her voice grated , ‘ You ca n't kick me out like this . |
| 3 | He ca n't lift me up can |
| 4 | That 's right , and I think that erm , yes , there 's a notion that I find useful in talking to students that we all have a comfort zone , there are all things that we know about , that we know how to do and if anything comes up — I mean in business it might be accountancy , we do n't all know how to handle figures , and so that 's an area that we 've hived off in that area and we all know that when we do that we are , as it were , giving up a bit ; we 're saying ‘ well , I ca n't manage I just do n't have I ca n't do that , it 's not for me ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Are you sure you ca n't do me more than eight brace ? ’ |
| 6 | At least you ca n't move me now . |
| 7 | Yeah cos she used to get me t , and then she rang me up one day when I was and said dad erm dad ca n't bring me round there cos the car 's not working , can you come and pick me up ? |
| 8 | They ca n't tell me where it comes , pardon ? |
| 9 | ‘ For instance , I 'll bet he ca n't tell me where you 'd like us to go for supper . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ No , you ca n't tell me yet , ’ McDunn says quietly and reasonably . |
| 11 | ‘ But you ca n't tell me how ? ’ |
| 12 | I was n't saying oh I know it all , you ca n't tell me how to superior attitude |
| 13 | ‘ You ca n't lock me away with that on my mind ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You ca n't possibly … you ca n't leave me here , in New York , alone with the children ! ’ she exclaimed helplessly , panicking at the thought of being solely responsible for the two little girls . |
| 15 | ‘ You ca n't leave me yet . ’ |
| 16 | It also produces a reaction because you and the person you love are interdependent — I can love a painting , but it certainly ca n't love me back . |
| 17 | You ca n't stick me inside again . ’ |
| 18 | cos you think well if I ca n't see any of the cars behind it then they ca n't see me either . |
| 19 | I ca n't see me ever catching up … ( pointing to a nearby block of flats ) … see that dump over there ? |
| 20 | it 's , it 's fair do all together anyway I ca n't see me ever painting a car again |
| 21 | You 've got my name do n't think we go away that you ca n't ring me up again . |
| 22 | You ca n't keep me here against my will ! ’ |
| 23 | But they ca n't keep me out of my own house , can they ? ’ |
| 24 | Well I think I 'll start off by telling you a little bit about myself erm , I 'm a writer and I live in Durham , my work is here and I 've also work abroad , if anybody ca n't hear me please say |
| 25 | He tells me I 'm a stupid girl , that all the posh solicitors in Beverly Hills ca n't get me out of Holloway on a drug charge . |
| 26 | as if to say you ca n't get me now . |
| 27 | I 've a heavy afternoon ahead , and I 'm off to Paris tomorrow — by parachute if they ca n't get me in by any other method . |
| 28 | ‘ They ca n't take me off if I 'm the skipper , ’ he reasons . |
| 29 | well I think erm , the short answer is that I ca n't erm , erm provide the parties with any time on Friday , er , the case , this case has already some what over run it 's estimate , which has put pressure on the commercial judge as it is , there 's gon na be even more pressure on Friday , erm , I 'm afraid to say the , that the complexities of this case as such that I can not erm begin to think that even if we started at ten we would erm , necessarily finish within the hour , I have difficulties starting at ten o'clock anyway , I think we 'll simply have to erm , put the matter off , off until Monday morning I , Mr ca n't attend I really do n't think that I can erm put it off er any longer than that |
| 30 | You can catch me but you ca n't catch me yet Come on mum , they want you talking ! |