Example sentences of "[verb] you ca " in BNC.

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1 If you do n't know what you want to communicate you ca n't make anyone else understand .
2 ‘ Surely you must know you ca n't have her ?
3 Or a a different type of livestock maybe better word cos i do n't know You ca n't really count chickens and pigeons as in the way of pets .
4 You can you know you ca n't do it
5 No I think , all of a sudden you l you realize why you 're in a trade union and why you need the press and the media to help you , you know you ca n't just ignore them .
6 The weaknesses are lack of security the time difference that it can bring if there 's lots of replies going backwards and forwards erm it might get mislaid , it might never get read , you do n't know you ca n't be sure that people are actually reading the memo er you do n't know what the reaction of the people is you ca n't go back on what you 've said because it 's on paper er and it lacks that personal touch can be expensive on time , times to you but sorry erm but can be expensive not on time but on materials .
7 Just been to stupid Nettos , do you know you ca n't cash a cheque ?
8 The reasoning behind that is that come from a lower class generally if you ca n't you know you ca n't go to a nursery school cos you have to pay for nursery school education in this country .
9 ( Pity you ca n't edit the team or player names though ) .
10 Pity you ca n't lip-read . ’
11 But when you first started when you 're not quite sure what 's happening you ca n't be expected to be perfect the first time you have a go at something can you .
12 As one of her companions on the last CND march had said , ‘ When the bomb drops you ca n't say : This had nothing to do with me . ’
13 People argue that if you do n't know the people you are going to meet you ca n't plan how best to behave .
14 ‘ I hope you realise you ca n't just keep us here , waiting for a miracle .
15 It goes quickly and then you realise you ca n't remember what you 've been thinking about .
16 ‘ I thought the idea of a fixed IQ rating was out of date now , that the latest reports from educationists say you ca n't measure it exactly . ’
17 How dare you ask somebody else if you can run when I say you ca n't .
18 I had hoped you would be able to help me but since you say you ca n't I shall have to pursue other avenues .
19 Say you ca n't find me , ’ she commanded , her voice muffled .
20 And if they say you ca n't at school well alright close you eyes and count , pretend there are some fingers there like that .
21 Most people say say you ca n't do it you ca n't do that can you go on .
22 So then what happened was , did the Dock Commission say you ca n't have your own men any more ?
23 You say you ca n't make anything of the photographs ? ’
24 They might well have done of course they might have refused it 's the B B C they say you ca n't have a bottle
25 Er , yes , well , I 'd , I 'd , er , I 'd like to make two proposals , first of all that we formally congratulate our officers for leading the team that er , put together this successful bid , erm , but I 'd also like to say something about these concerns about the boundaries because it 's Oswestry again , amongst mainly the sort of north of the county around Oswestry , which like with the rural development area , could be left out , and , of course , economic development does n't stop at a parish boundary people cross it , it 's part of their economic activity and erm , I know that some of the sort of proposed projects put together for the use of this five B money , er , around the Oswestry area , are extremely desirable projects , er , and are achievable projects , and it would be a tragedy if er , if they were , if , if we failed to achieve them because of er , a kind of a bureaucratic dotted line which say you ca n't have the money because you 're the wrong side of the line .
26 They say you ca n't teach an old dog new tricks , but I 'm living proof .
27 ‘ Parents say you ca n't get your hair cut the way you want .
28 Well as I say you ca n't stain varnished wood Nina .
29 I mean as I say now , how can you turn round to a to a bloke who 's , well does n't matter what his on , eh , what , what ever his , his rate of pay is , how can you turn round to him and say you ca n't have more than seven per cent , and his got , his got something like a about twenty five , thirty per cent .
30 you are very welcome to stay for lunch but you say you ca n't .
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