Example sentences of "[modal v] not [pers pn] [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Peggy says well why should n't they walk out , if they 're that old and they 're do n't li why should n't they get up and walk out ? |
| 2 | ‘ Should n't we call up a little support ? |
| 3 | uhum , could n't you go up in the other corner . |
| 4 | Well why could n't you put up with margarine for one day ? |
| 5 | Why could n't he rise up and assert himself , shout at her , curse her , take off a great belt with a brazen buckle on it , like some muscular labouring man and beat hell out of her ? |
| 6 | Why the hell could n't she turn up in a Barbour , a headscarf and a Volvo like everyone else 's mother ? |
| 7 | " Ought n't we to ring up the police — about the burglary ? " |
| 8 | It 's excuse me ca n't we make up our own language |
| 9 | ‘ Ca n't we come up to the hill ? ’ asked someone . |
| 10 | Ca n't you make up your mind ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Ca n't you give up this living ? ’ she asks , and I stare at the invisible ceiling . |
| 12 | ‘ Why ca n't you sit up and look about you ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Ca n't you get up , Cati , please ? ’ he was calling to her . |
| 14 | The door will then keep up an anxious running conversation with the Druid of the ‘ Ca n't you hurry up ? ’ variety while the adventurers are inside . |
| 15 | Baby why ca n't I wake up with you |
| 16 | Why ca n't I wake up with you |
| 17 | er at three fifty , oh ca n't I go up with |
| 18 | Why ca n't I stay up ? |
| 19 | Why ca n't I pick up the phone and say , Come on , darling ? |
| 20 | Why ca n't he clear up his spots ? |
| 21 | He ca n't he wakes up sobbing in the middle of the night . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Wo n't they wake up and be angry ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Wo n't she make up her mind ? |
| 24 | Why wo n't she take up the offer of just a fortnight 's short-stay ? |
| 25 | ‘ Wo n't he kick up a fuss when he discovers they 've gone ? ’ |