Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [pers pn] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Just because the children are easy to please , why should n't I make a bit of effort ? |
| 2 | Why should n't you make a mistake , like everybody else ? |
| 3 | ‘ I fancy it very much , ’ she said , and checked her watch , ‘ but it 's well past three and it 's a long drive to Lisbon , so should n't you make a start ? ’ |
| 4 | " Could n't we make some concessions to it ? " |
| 5 | ‘ Could n't we make a little more progress , Morse ? ’ |
| 6 | Could n't you make a sort of sponge cake with it ? |
| 7 | And why could n't she make things come out the way she wanted ? |
| 8 | But would n't it make more sense to catch that nutter who 's roaming the countryside around here ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Would n't it make more sense to land at the Luftwaffe base at Cherbourg ? ’ |
| 10 | Would n't it make would n't it make sense to set aside a figure annually for advertising beyond which you do n't go . |
| 11 | Would n't it make would n't it make sense to set aside a figure annually for advertising beyond which you do n't go . |
| 12 | and the one very much questions er , really their suitability for taking some decisions , and I would like to know your views about , where you 've got rape cases , would n't it make sense if there was a a male judge and a female judge taking the case . |
| 13 | ‘ Would n't you make that assumption ? ’ |
| 14 | As a volunteer washer-up remarked ‘ if they can get to the Moon , why ca n't they make an etch-proof glass ? ’ |
| 15 | Why ca n't they make July Fourth , July Fifteenth ? |
| 16 | You often hear people say , ‘ Why ca n't we make films over here with the taste and art and honesty of the French cinema ? ’ |
| 17 | It 's excuse me ca n't we make up our own language |
| 18 | ‘ … and why ca n't you make the fire up properly ! ’ |
| 19 | Why ca n't you make her stay at home like any decent wife and mother ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Steve McQueen 's really groovy , Mom — ca n't you make a picture with him ? ’ |
| 21 | bottom of these reports why ca n't you make it into a a pu er er a a joint teacher pupil comment , it is n't just a , it is n't in the same form it 's just the same that the pupil writes that with guidance |
| 22 | ‘ Ca n't you make it earlier ? ’ |
| 23 | But it created a demand , and we manufacturers , well come on lads , ca n't you make these ? |
| 24 | Ca n't you make up your mind ? ’ |
| 25 | So I 've been in touch with Brian again erm and I said , ca n't you make sure that your blokes can do it in a day . |
| 26 | Ca n't you make the cake and then cut it ? |
| 27 | Well you ca n't you make tea already ? |
| 28 | Ca n't you make it a rounded fi , hundred and fifty ! |
| 29 | I asked myself each time , Why ca n't I make the pot boil ? |
| 30 | Ca n't he make a statement ? ’ |