Example sentences of "ca n't [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just ca n't somehow seem to … to take it all in , ’ she gasped , the magnitude of the disastrous tragedy suddenly beginning to penetrate her stunned mind . |
| 2 | This is great news because everyone knows there are lots of things one can do to animals in the name of medical progress that one ca n't ethically do to people . |
| 3 | It was in some figure you ca n't even relate to . |
| 4 | I mean they ca n't even go to the shops sometimes and they 're not safe . |
| 5 | ‘ It grieves me think that these drivers , sometimes as many as 60 a week , have to pay to spend the night in this car park but ca n't even go to the loo , ’ she said . |
| 6 | I mean you ca n't , you ca n't go any , I mean you ca n't even go to the Bridge for er , erm , a meal under a fiver so |
| 7 | ‘ I hear things are so bad between the prince and princess , they ca n't even bear to be in the same room as one another , ’ said an estate worker . |
| 8 | seven thousand seven tho , seven now I ca n't even stretch to ! |
| 9 | I might just as well pack up and go if you ca n't even listen to things reasonably ! ’ |
| 10 | He writes in that same letter ‘ I ca n't hate anything ’ , and he admits he ca n't even own to ‘ despair ’ . |
| 11 | You ca n't even superimpose to that extent cos they 're slightly different ca n't even superimpose that my fingers ca n't superimpose cos they 're slightly different . |
| 12 | Cos you ca n't just write to someone , you have to want to write to them really . |
| 13 | Well the tom tiddlers of British political life I suppose write their memoirs for a couple of reasons because they ca n't ever admit to themselves they are tom tiddlers . |
| 14 | Yeah , she ca n't obviously talk to her husband about it because George is her ex-husband and he |
| 15 | Ca n't quite rise to that . |
| 16 | The point is Mr Chairman , some of us ca n't now get to other appointments we 've got to make phone calls . |
| 17 | stop worrying about you know , losing any try and put a couple of pounds on if you ca n't then come to us and we 'll find out what 's wrong |
| 18 | You ca n't really dance to it but you can stomp to it . |
| 19 | But , if they give up , they ca n't really contribute to the better quality of society . |
| 20 | I suppose my point is that if things are to get better ( or should I say keep getting better ) then we ca n't really look to the likes of Mel to come back . |
| 21 | I think the problem with a clear remit I ca n't really come to terms with that , precisely , competitive . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't really afford to , but what the hell ! ’ |