Example sentences of "[modal v] n't he [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why should n't he just be getting old ? |
| 2 | As he prodded around all the dreamy romantic feelings she experienced when he kissed her disappeared and all she could think of was when would he stop , and could n't he please just hold her again , very close , with the firm bulge of his body against her , far more erotic through several layers of clothes than his scratching , poking finger . |
| 3 | Could n't he just have a tractor ? ’ |
| 4 | Why could n't he just get over her ? |
| 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 | Why could n't he just talk about it reasonably ? |
| 7 | Why could n't he simply accept that she was not about to defer to his wishes and go ? |
| 8 | ‘ But could n't he even raise a finger so we 'd know he can understand us ? ’ |
| 9 | that is his name on paper , Geoffrey Thomas , he could call himself Geoffrey Thomas and write it as that could n't he now ? , if he wanted to what 's Mark 's middle name ? |
| 10 | Mind you , he 'd of probably been hacked down , would n't he today , before , that 's the problem nowadays ? |
| 11 | Would n't he rather wait twenty-four hours ? ’ |
| 12 | I mean , would n't he rather have Terry as a sort of permanent worker anyway ? |
| 13 | Why ca n't he just interview me , ask my experience as a waitress ? |
| 14 | And he ca n't he usually works in the Bistro in Padsdown , he could n't work in there to repay it ! |
| 15 | Why wo n't he just admit he 's as bald as an egg ? |