Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Thirdly , the directive that care managers should not themselves give direct care runs counter to the core of good social work practice and creates a new corps of care administrators , thereby reducing the number of staff available to give direct care . |
2 | Hmm I must go to Croydon must n't I to change that bra . |
3 | Should n't they tick this box ? |
4 | ‘ Should n't we telephone those people looking after the twins ? ’ she asked . |
5 | I mean the world 's made up of all different coloured people — why should n't we have different faces and all ? |
6 | ‘ Should n't we save bad people too , if they fall into a lake ? ’ |
7 | Anyway , why should n't I expect high standards from them ? |
8 | Why should n't I have decent clothes and shoes ? |
9 | Why should n't I pose that way if it pleases him ? ’ |
10 | so why should n't you telephone that computer ? |
11 | If she was running the same company for Virgin , should n't she have some shareholding in it ? |
12 | Could n't we give old Kipling a run ? |
13 | " Could n't we make some concessions to it ? " |
14 | Comments included ‘ Scott helped me with the photocopying ’ , ‘ Can we stay in the groups because I really like working with Bobby ? ’ and ‘ Why could n't we stay all day ? ’ |
15 | gosh , could n't you see this coming ? |
16 | Just need to get cut ah , could n't you use that polish on them ? |
17 | Could n't you have that hinge mounted slightly further forward |
18 | And why could n't I find another Steve Adorable ? |
19 | Why could n't I let these people help me ? |
20 | ‘ Could n't he find another job ? ’ |
21 | She 'd deliberately tried to antagonise him , and as usual she 'd succeeded , so why could n't she feel any pleasure in it ? |
22 | Could n't anyone have any privacy around this dump ? |
23 | ‘ Would n't we have more control over our affairs if the Bank of England had a major say in what happened , as part of a decentralised European banking authority ? ’ |
24 | But would n't it make more sense to catch that nutter who 's roaming the countryside around here ? ’ |
25 | ‘ Would n't it make more sense to land at the Luftwaffe base at Cherbourg ? ’ |
26 | ‘ Would n't you make that assumption ? ’ |
27 | would n't you kill that fellow for doing that , that 's what you call bare-faced cheek |
28 | ‘ Would n't you like some tea first ? |
29 | Is n't this better for tra would n't you take more would n't you take more notice of the traffic and travel if it was like this every time ? |
30 | Ca n't we trigger another arrears letter ? |