Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] i have " in BNC.
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1 | Why should n't I have a good old weep ? |
2 | Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ? |
3 | And why the hell should n't I have a penchant for claret ? thought Helen . |
4 | ‘ Should n't I have done ? ’ |
5 | ‘ Should n't I have signed the register ? ’ she said , not at all sure she liked his high-handed manner . |
6 | ‘ Why , should n't I have done that ? ’ |
7 | ‘ And should n't I have been the first person to have known about them ? |
8 | But why should n't I have a sense of humour ? ’ |
9 | Why should n't I have decent clothes and shoes ? |
10 | then again think what , what the hell is she gon na do with him and yet I keep saying to myself I should n't do it and then another bit of me saying why should n't I do it , why should n't I have |
11 | should n't I have called him ? |
12 | ‘ Might n't I have known that she would have such perfect timing ? ’ turning to his mother , he explained , ‘ That 's what I was coming to tell you — that Phena was on her way . |
13 | could n't I have been left alone |
14 | Why could n't I have been born to be successful and brainy ? |
15 | I always knew I was adopted , so why could n't I have had the whole truth ? |
16 | ‘ Why could n't I have told you ? ’ |
17 | My own case dragged on for months , swamped with innuendos — if another student was having a clandestine consensual affair , why could n't I have been too ? |
18 | Why could n't I have had that last time ! |
19 | Why would n't I have made it ? ’ |
20 | ‘ Ca n't I have just one night in the whole year to myself ? |
21 | Ca n't I have a wash and a change first , sergeant ? ’ |
22 | Ca n't I have any bleedin' peace ? ’ |
23 | I 've asked Jeffrey to ask a friend about it who 's a solicitor if he knows anybody but I c , I ca n't I have n't got the in information . |
24 | If I 'm allowed to have food , why ca n't I have it in the same cell as Elaine ? ’ |
25 | Why ca n't I have the next stage ? |
26 | The Frenchman suggested barquettes à la Neptune , or the soupe à l'oseille , to begin with , but Xanthe looked at her father and wheedled , ‘ Ca n't I have an artichoke ? |
27 | Sometimes she would say ‘ This is my company and if I want it , why ca n't I have it ? ’ |
28 | Anyhow , there 's the witch outside your guy 's door and he tells her to bug off , she ca n't come in , he 's expecting someone and she says , oh please , baby , sweetie , honey pie , ca n't I have just a teensy weensy little coffee after I 've come all this way to see you , and he says — because he 's a proper English gentleman , right ? ’ |
29 | ‘ Ca n't I have both ? |
30 | Ca n't I have all that ? ’ |