Example sentences of "could [not/n't] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | And why could n't I find another Steve Adorable ? |
| 2 | Why could n't I let these people help me ? |
| 3 | Could n't I try to help people ? ’ |
| 4 | Me too , you know — I could drive you home , could n't I ? ’ |
| 5 | Or , I could run somebody 's business , could n't I ? |
| 6 | Why could n't I just have gone to the cops and reported my stuff missing ? 'Cos I was missing myself , that 's why . |
| 7 | could n't I have been left alone |
| 8 | Why could n't I have been born to be successful and brainy ? |
| 9 | ‘ Well , with you gone I could go to the DHSS , could n't I ? |
| 10 | I heard the master saying at school there could be a war , so next year I could be a man , could n't I , and be in the Army ? |
| 11 | If she does , I could make cakes for it , could n't I , and jam — ’ |
| 12 | COULD N'T I LOSE WEIGHT BY MAKING MY BODY NEED MORE CALORIES ? |
| 13 | ‘ Could n't I ? ’ she said gladly . |
| 14 | Why could n't I do the DOPACS ? |
| 15 | Why could n't I see them , and tell them soy ? |
| 16 | That 's why i could n't I thought I had n't got me pen . |
| 17 | ‘ Could n't I go ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I could give it to another paper instead , could n't I ? ’ |
| 19 | And er I could n't I mean I do a lot of gardening there were n no problems at all , so I took them t well you can see what 's left . |
| 20 | ‘ Could n't I get a mask ? ’ |
| 21 | So I could n't I could n't charge him twenty cos he 'd only charged me he 'd only charged me twenty so I had to sell him back to him for a tenner you know . |
| 22 | I co I could n't I could n't go to work Monday and Friday , Monday to Friday and then spend all the weekend in the house and then just go to work Monday to Friday again , and do that week in and week out . |
| 23 | ‘ Could n't I talk to you ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ But could n't I get hold of his address , somehow ? |
| 25 | ‘ And when I 've done emptying , I could come back here and empty your brains on the ground , could n't I ? ’ |
| 26 | " Could n't I go instead ? " , |
| 27 | I could I could prefer not to say , could n't I ? |
| 28 | Could I I could from those statistics could n't I tho Or or have n't we sold anything to this year ? |
| 29 | I always knew I was adopted , so why could n't I have had the whole truth ? |
| 30 | ‘ Could n't I see her , before she goes in for surgery ? ’ |