Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I felt I was beginning to lose the battle , and the diary for the remainder of the term is full of expressions of hatred for the school , interspersed with the repeated and heartfelt question , ‘ Why ca n't they leave me alone ? ’
2 Why the hell ca n't we do it this year ? ’
3 Ca n't we find it some electricity ? ’ said Gurder .
4 Ca n't we put it all behind us ? ’
5 Ca n't you make it earlier ? ’
6 Ca n't you offer it some food , and take it away safely somewhere before it bites somebody ? ’
7 Ca n't you tell me that , Henry ?
8 Ca n't you give me another shot ? ’
9 Ca n't you give me any time to myself ? ’
10 Then they 'd come bleating to my father and their husbands and complain that Addy was autocratic and impossible , and the men would say , " Why ca n't you leave her alone ? "
11 Ca n't you leave me alone ? ’ he said , brushing her hand off his shoulder .
12 Ca n't you leave me alone for one stupid minute ? ’
13 ‘ For Christ 's sake , ca n't you leave me alone ?
14 Ca n't you leave it alone ? ’
15 Ca n't you leave us alone now ? ’ he pleaded and Wexford felt impotently that once again the man was enclosing himself within the unimpregnable defence of grief .
16 Ca n't you get them cleaner ?
17 Why ca n't you put it right immediately so as not to stop something that is going well ?
18 But I ca n't I find it hard to explain why the after such a good performance against West Ham , But you know , it 's just all over , be saying that about his side second half now wo n't he , because they 've just put one point about a nine , and they 're a good side .
19 Ca n't I take them both ?
20 Why ca n't he leave me alone ?
21 ‘ Why ca n't she leave 'im alone ? ’
22 ‘ Why ca n't she leave me alone to die in peace ? ’
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