Example sentences of "[Wh adv] can n't you [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why ca n't you just stay home forever , daddy ? |
| 2 | ‘ What I mean is , why ca n't you just admit that it was wonderfully exciting to fuck somebody else ? ’ |
| 3 | Why ca n't you just leave me alone ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Why ca n't you just leave me alone ? ’ |
| 5 | Why ca n't you just leave me alone ? ’ |
| 6 | Why ca n't you just leave it on ? |
| 7 | It 's a glorious , peaceful summer day — why ca n't you just lie back like me and soak up some of those gorgeous golden rays ? ’ |
| 8 | But why ca n't you just put one over the top there or something ? |
| 9 | Why ca n't you just use a task request form that says . |
| 10 | Why ca n't you just say : " There 's a bloke I 've met and I 'm bringing him home for tea on Tuesday . " |
| 11 | ‘ Why ca n't you just let me live my life how I want to ? ’ |
| 12 | Why ca n't you simply say County Council appointed Governors , which does n't have that same inference of the word political . |
| 13 | Why ca n't you even speak to me ? " |