Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [pers pn] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should not we now bend our efforts to supporting the proposal that the Minister mentioned and to finding some way of compensating those who have lost dearly ? |
| 2 | She said : ‘ This is very grand , Barbara , but should n't we just go to the rooms that you use ? ’ |
| 3 | Should n't she just accept that her feelings about her mother 's lifestyle were irrational , stick to her original plan , keep everything on a cool , semi-formal basis , do the job and go home ? |
| 4 | Might n't it merely give rise to a new , psychologistic , feminist reductionism ? |
| 5 | Why could n't they just leave well alone and let pupils concentrate on the three Rs ? |
| 6 | Could n't they just ease up a little ? |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | ‘ Could n't they just have sent us a photograph ? ’ |
| 9 | And so , although she had hated having to do it , Laura had forced herself to write a long letter to Ross , saying how very much she loved and missed him — and could n't they still try to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage ? |
| 10 | If only he believed in her , could n't they together submerge themselves in the waters of Eden and be renewed for all time ? |
| 11 | Could n't we just stay put ? |
| 12 | ‘ Look , could n't we just go along to the pub and have a quiet drink and talk about fishing instead ? ’ he pleaded . |
| 13 | Could n't we just leave things as they are — enjoy the fact that we 've found each other ? ’ |
| 14 | Could n't we just throw away our Filofaxes for one afternoon and live a little ? |
| 15 | Could n't we just talk ? ’ |
| 16 | I did n't think it would be a major operation — could n't we just rustle up something quickly ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Could n't we just apply for a long-term permit for him now ? ’ |
| 18 | Well could n't we just have a few things |
| 19 | But someone says oh this is a bit messy having these two pipes , could n't we just have one pipe that did exactly the same job . |
| 20 | Why to bother so much about the details , you may ask ; could n't we just say that unc and go on considering further examples ? |
| 21 | Could n't we rather pick the one tune and the other ? |
| 22 | Could n't you even wait to tell us you were going ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Look , could n't you just lend me some Thai money ? |
| 25 | ‘ Could n't you just drop it over the edge ? ’ suggested Patrick . |
| 26 | ‘ Could n't you just drink occasionally when you need it — like at parties ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Why could n't you just stay in the back of beyond ? ’ she said . |
| 28 | ‘ Could n't you just have written these people a letter ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Could n't you just have asked him ? ’ |
| 30 | If you wanted planning permission for the land so badly , why could n't you just ask ? ’ |