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  • The elctorate of Falkirk (cannae mind if East or West) showed the Labour Party what they thought of their treatment of him.

    In Search of Labour's Soul Alan Smart 2009

  • I did not get up many Munros last year and so have missed the genteel banter of the wellies and cagoule brigade: "It's still raining"; "There's a good three-for-two offer at Tiso's"; and: "I cannae wait to get these aff."

    2010 – a Mourinho of a year, a special one | Kevin McKenna 2011

  • And the same applies to you history department teachers - if you cannae attract the enough bairns to make one class viable then you ain't up to it.

    Whit, Nae History? - Dinna mess wi the Falkirk Bairns ! Alan Smart 2009

  • And the same applies to you history department teachers - if you cannae attract the enough bairns to make one class viable then you ain't up to it.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Alan Smart 2009

  • “We cannae go back now,” Lorraine cried, exasperated.

    The Woman I Was Born to Be Susan Boyle 2010

  • “Well, you cannae!” she protested, panting from her run.

    The Woman I Was Born to Be Susan Boyle 2010

  • If we are both hungry but cannae afford food, the chancellor provides us the same bread.

    KNIGHTLEY ACADEMY VIOLET HABERDASHER 2010

  • If we are both hungry but cannae afford food, the chancellor provides us the same bread.

    KNIGHTLEY ACADEMY VIOLET HABERDASHER 2010

  • “I cannae fathom how ye get on with that brown student,” Meledor said while Henry helped him finish sorting the gloves by size.

    KNIGHTLEY ACADEMY VIOLET HABERDASHER 2010

  • I said, “You look better in that frock than I ever have, but you cannae do the wiggle, can ye?”

    The Woman I Was Born to Be Susan Boyle 2010

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