I canna but laugh whiles, to think sic fules as he has made o' us, for a' it's sae wrang.
But a man canna just eat an' drink his preevileges, an' he cannasell them for siller to buy shune!
But the matter canna bide sae, an' ye'se beut to mak' a decent woman o' her noo.
An' noo the host's settled on her that sair, she whiles canna draw her breath.
I canna tak the lassie hame an' no a bed for her to lie down on, an' what for wad ye be raisin' a din an' a clash?
I canna bear the sight o' the ane, or the eerie sound o' the ither.
Now, Nicholas, if ye will be looking after a wife, I say that ye canna do better than just draw up wi' Nancy Bowmaker.
There is perpetually some person or another showing ye that the 'simple man is the beggar's brother,' and ye canna see it, or ye winna regard it.
Sir,' said I, 'the thing is impossible; I canna gie ye what I haena got.
Gae awa, gae awa--I cannathole the very thochts o' the story whilk thou ettles to ken.
It is a hard maiter that a bodycanna stir out owre the door but ye maun ask--'where hae ye been?
Remember that ye have men's wages to pay, and accounts to pay, and a wife and family to support, and those things cannabe done upon nothing.
And ye canna think lang about ony lass in particular, without beginning to have a sort o' regard for her, as it were.
Noo, frost requires to be very long continued and very sharp indeed before it can cool the deep sea from the top to the bottom, and until it is so cooled it canna freeze.
Nay, he's non horrid; he canna help it if he wor struck that road.
He'll no be coming here, hecanna be; it's no possible.
The blind man shook as a tuft of canna in a wind-eddy; white, too, as the canna, was his face.
O white you are as the canna that floats in the breeze, Or as the wool of the young lamb that Murdo found dead in the heather, Or as the breast of Sorcha, or as Oona, little Oona!
I believe you, Maria; but the pity of it is that you canna advertise that fact.
You will hae heard say, Maria, wha it is, that sends a woman, where hecanna go himsel'.
Yes, there is one thing the privateers canna furnish you, and that is fuel.
Ye are no a family man yet, Mr Dunshunner, and ye maybe canna comprehend what a comfort she has been to me.
I'll send ower for him, and see if wecanna talk him into reason.
A' Dreepdaily should be in their beds by this time, and I canna think there could be a meeting without me hearing of it.
I canna think o' selling her, though she's worth four pound, and she'll no like the toun.
Will turned round very haughtily, and exclaimed, 'By the wuns, his hale estate canna buy Charley!
Ye canna be too careful about sike things, an' yer little lass do look pukey, te be sure.
But I canna twiddle the thumbs whilst others fare well on Douglas beef.
And if you have any, put them away quick, where the shuriff canna find them, Mrs. Lorrigan!
And I canna wear my own coat home, because it's there in the pile behind the door, and some one else will take it.
I am sorry the trouble came up, but I canna see how you expect me to go on coming to see your mither when you know my father would never permit it.
You hate my father, and you are mad because I canna side with you and hate him too.
But I canna leave ony Scots lad to want for a pair o' breeks and a cloak to cover his nakedness--or what amounts to the same thing, as the monkey said when he sat down on the hot girdle and gat up again before he was fairly rested.
The verra minister is amang them himsel'--they cannahelp it.
Mistress McAlister, "ye are an auld eneuch man to ken that ye canna blaw twice in my lug wi' the same flairdies.
For have not half a dozen generations been told in rhyme how "Tammy Norrie o' the Bass Canna kiss a bonny lass?
It is rented, and the rent paid doon; and the books and pictures canna be meddled wi'; there mustna be a finger laid on them.
He took quite a liking to me, that was easy seen, and I'm vera sure, he willna mind me using what he canna use himsel'.
It is nae house without a man at the head o' it, and we canna hae exercises without a man to gie us the sense o' them.
But one canna cross the stile till they get to it," she reflected; now however the idea took complete possession of her.
Maggie willna hear tell o' leaving the cottage, and she canna stay in it her lane.
I canna let even you, sir, speak ill in that way about Maggie.
She doesna tak', like other lasses do, to the thocht o' marriage; and I canna bear to say a cross word to her.
The widow has the first right to the godsend; if she canna tak' it, she'll send it our way, Maggie.
Your fayther canna blame you if she willna be your wife.
A man that is climbing the pu'pit stairs, canna hae any woman hanging on to him.
My mistress is very sorry, sir, but she canna see ye the day; it's a sort of a headache she has.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "canna" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
