Example sentences of "ca n't just [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I have to do something because I ca n't just stand idle and let my kids die . ’ |
| 2 | No , but er I ca n't just do this with it ! |
| 3 | We ca n't just inflict heavy penalties , however , as that drives the whole business underground , as in the Mediterranean countries . |
| 4 | Yeah , we ca n't just throw five hundred pounds , |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | ‘ You ca n't just teach young people about babies and reproduction , ’ says Marland , ‘ Sex includes trust , relationships , communication and pleasure . |
| 8 | ‘ You ca n't just damp these things down . ’ |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | There 's erm there 's always a tension for those of us who are parents , particularly those of us who erm send our children to the state schools , as to erm what 's in the best interests of our own particular individual child and what might be in the best interests of all the children in the area in which we live , and erm this vote was an invitation to think only , very selfishly , of what might be the situation for our children , and I 'm very glad that erm many parents in Banbury thought of children in general living in North Oxfordshire and erm realise that you ca n't just take one limb of an education service and send it off spinning into its own orbit and not expect the rest to suffer . |
| 11 | I 'm sorry , Dad , but I ca n't just let this thing pass — sit back and pretend it has n't happened . |
| 12 | 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 … |
| 13 | Leeds chairman Leslie Silver Wwednesday defended the controversial decision to sell Batty and said : ‘ No manager wants to sell his best players but Howard Wilkinson is practical enough to realise that we ca n't just buy other people 's best players — it works the other way round sometimes . |
| 14 | I du n no I mean I 'll mention it to the deputy again and say look we 're getting towards the end of a financial year , there will be some departments underspent because er suppliers ca n't meet deadlines and really you should keep in mind that w we have n't got er we ca n't just pluck five thousand pounds out of our budget . |
| 15 | I do n't mind that , but you ca n't just have that . |
| 16 | ‘ You ca n't just have that for breakfast , dear . ’ |
| 17 | Because it 's a program and you ca n't just have three . |
| 18 | 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 . |