Example sentences of "[modal v] not they just " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could n't they just ease up a little ? |
| 2 | Why could n't they just leave well alone and let pupils concentrate on the three Rs ? |
| 3 | ‘ Could n't they just have sent us a photograph ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | But would they , would n't they just in practice overlook it ? |
| 6 | Ca n't they just trim them ? ’ |
| 7 | Why ca n't they just ransom me ? |
| 8 | Er , why ca n't they just look at , er do a means test for child benefit ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Why ca n't they just tell you ? |
| 11 | 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 ? |