Example sentences of "could [not/n't] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well could n't we just have a few things |
| 2 | Could n't we rather pick the one tune and the other ? |
| 3 | ‘ Could n't you just leave the whisky , I 'll drink it all , wake up in the morning no , make that the afternoon — with a head that feels like you hit me over the skull with the bottle , and you sleep in the car ready for that long and demanding journey down the notoriously dangerous A74 tomorrow ? ’ |
| 4 | Could n't he just have a tractor ? ’ |
| 5 | So why could n't he just have a photograph of his sales team portraying the kind of team spirit that runs throughout the branch ? |
| 6 | ‘ But could n't he even raise a finger so we 'd know he can understand us ? ’ |