Example sentences of "you can " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ye ca n't talk about Da like that ! ’ he rasped . |
| 2 | Is it that ye ca n't manage the farm with yer Da away , and ye want me to take charge . |
| 3 | ‘ Yer damn right ye ca n't ! |
| 4 | ‘ Ye ca n't blame us for trying . ’ |
| 5 | Yes , if ya can hear me outside , we 're watching ya . |
| 6 | And then on 10 April 1544 came Henry 's chilling order to his brother-in-law Edward , earl of Hertford , to put all to fire and sword , burn Edinburgh town , so razed and defaced when you have sacked and gotten what ye can of it , as there may remain forever a perpetual memory of the vengeance of God lightened upon ( them ) for their falsehood and disloyalty … and as many towns and villages about Edinburgh as ye may conveniently , sack Leith and burn and subvert it and all the rest , putting man , woman and child to fire and sword , without exception where any resistance shall be made against you ; and this done , pass over to the Fifeland and extend like extremities and destructions in all towns and villages whereunto you may reach conveniently , not forgetting among all the rest so to spoil and turn upside down the Cardinal 's town of St Andrews , as the upper stone may be the nether , and not one stick stand by another , sparing no creature alive within the same … |
| 7 | Ye can see through the back . |
| 8 | ‘ If ye can bear to pull yourself away from thon American machine , there 's more overtime goin' . |
| 9 | ‘ Ye can see me now , more 's the pity , ’ he grumbled as he pushed his way to the back , treading on a few feet in the process . |
| 10 | And when the day shall come in which King Bucar arrives , order all the people of Valencia to go upon the walls , and sound your trumpets and tambours , and make the greatest rejoicing that ye can . |
| 11 | And when ye would set out for Castille , let all the people know in secret , that they make themselves ready , and take with them all that they have , so that none of the Moors in the suburb may know thereof ; for certes ye can not keep the city , neither abide therein after my death . |
| 12 | This may be due to the poor quality of the preaching or it may be due to the fact that some Christians have their own interpretation of the dominical saying , ‘ Except ye be as little children ye can not enter the kingdom of heaven ’ . |
| 13 | Answer me that if ye can , Father Devlin . ’ |
| 14 | Concerning those who die in their sins Jesus said ‘ Whither I go ye CAN NOT come . ’ |
| 15 | Ye can sing like Judy Garland Ye can whistle like Lauren Bacall Yir lovelier than Liz-beth Taylor But still yir worth — ( Interrupted by the sleazy pinstriped figure of Mr King ) |
| 16 | Ye can sing like Judy Garland Ye can whistle like Lauren Bacall Yir lovelier than Liz-beth Taylor But still yir worth — ( Interrupted by the sleazy pinstriped figure of Mr King ) |
| 17 | ‘ That 's all ye can do when things get so bad . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ No doot ye can drive ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Laugh while ye can . |
| 20 | The earl read aloud , translating into the vernacular as fluently as any cleric : Ye shall seek me , and shall not find me ; and where I am , thither ye can not come . ’ ' |
| 21 | Ye shall be judged as ye can spend . |
| 22 | Surely ye can do that . |
| 23 | But Ah tell ye this , laddie , Ah 'm a helluva fast learner , so do n't think ye can pull the wool or sit around on yer fat little arse doin' bugger all . |
| 24 | ’ Weel , if ye can nae rustle up some home-made coak-a-leekie wi' prawns an' cream at such shoart notice , us gourmets of the road will jist huv tae dae withoot , will we no ? ’ |
| 25 | Ye can nae complain . ’ |
| 26 | YOU CA N'T CATCH HIV IN ANY OF THESE WAYS : |
| 27 | You ca n't look your family in the eye . |
| 28 | Your gut can get infected , so you ca n't absorb the goodness in your food . |
| 29 | YOU CA N'T PROVIDE HOMECARE TO THE HOMELESS |
| 30 | You ca n't imagine what it 's like not to know what it is to meet an attractive person who 's also attracted to you , can you ? |