Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why should n't I find it interesting to work with fuels ? |
| 2 | ‘ Might n't she find it boring , too ? ’ |
| 3 | No , but , could n't they write it all down ? |
| 4 | a lot of it is er propaganda by the Conservative if , if they were gon na get it right , why could n't they get it right in the thirteen years that they 've been in power ? |
| 5 | The Orient Express is a lovely idea but , could n't we do it some other time ? |
| 6 | ‘ Well … could n't you run them both together ? ’ |
| 7 | Could n't he leave her some shreds of dignity ? |
| 8 | Yeah , yeah , I know , well my daughter in law , was practically down on the phone kissing me last year when I said look Myrie , would n't you like it this year if I did n't come to you , you know , she 's done Christmas 's for me , year in year out |
| 9 | 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 ? ’ |
| 10 | Why the hell ca n't we do it this year ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Ca n't we find it some electricity ? ’ said Gurder . |
| 12 | Ca n't we put it all behind us ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Ca n't you make it earlier ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Ca n't you offer it some food , and take it away safely somewhere before it bites somebody ? ’ |
| 15 | Ca n't you tell me that , Henry ? |
| 16 | Ca n't you give me another shot ? ’ |
| 17 | Ca n't you give me any time to myself ? ’ |
| 18 | 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 ? " |
| 19 | ‘ Ca n't you leave me alone ? ’ he said , brushing her hand off his shoulder . |
| 20 | ‘ Ca n't you leave me alone for one stupid minute ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ For Christ 's sake , ca n't you leave me alone ? |
| 22 | Ca n't you leave it alone ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | Ca n't you get them cleaner ? |
| 25 | Why ca n't you put it right immediately so as not to stop something that is going well ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Ca n't I take them both ? |
| 28 | Why ca n't he leave me alone ? |
| 29 | ‘ Why ca n't she leave 'im alone ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Why ca n't she leave me alone to die in peace ? ’ |