Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [modal v] [not/n't] they just [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Why could n't they just leave well alone and let pupils concentrate on the three Rs ? |
2 | Why could n't they just understand that she did n't want to be married and settled with umpteen kids and a mortgage up to the sky and no life to call her own ? |
3 | Why ca n't they just tell you ? |
4 | Why ca n't they just ransom me ? |
5 | So why , why , why ca n't you just erm why ca n't they just take a bit off everybody in that case and , and inflict the same degree ? |
6 | Yet there 's nothing sordid to it , so why ca n't they just accept that Rosemary made a terrible mistake and married a rotter . |
7 | Er , why ca n't they just look at , er do a means test for child benefit ? |