Example sentences of "[modal v] n't they [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why should n't they read them , George ? ’ |
| 2 | And finally , was she perhaps being judged by the inherent quality of the coat-hanger itself out of which her creation was made ; and if so why should she be judged by the quality of the coat-hangers on which garments are returned by the laundry her parents patronize — since that 's their responsibility should n't they share her grade ? |
| 3 | Why should n't they indulge them ? ’ |
| 4 | Why could n't they do it in the summer when it 's warm ? |
| 5 | I mean they could could n't they sponsor us to do it or something ? |
| 6 | Could n't they unreconstruct themselves and go back to being pigs ? |
| 7 | No , but , could n't they write it all down ? |
| 8 | a lot of it is er propaganda by the Conservative if , if they were gon na get it right , why could n't they get it right in the thirteen years that they 've been in power ? |
| 9 | Why could n't they see it coming ? |
| 10 | Could n't they reconstruct themselves and go back to being pigs ? |
| 11 | You know we we 've heard a lot about this leaf bud structure and what to replace it with but since this is Nottingham and this centre of lace why could n't they put something there like a loom or something sculptured to look like a loom ? |
| 12 | Well would n't they tell you ? |
| 13 | would n't they do it better ? |
| 14 | And what about Duckman Peters would n't they do it for you ? |
| 15 | ‘ Would n't they think I was a telltale ? ’ |
| 16 | Well why would n't they take them underneath the floor ? |
| 17 | I felt I was beginning to lose the battle , and the diary for the remainder of the term is full of expressions of hatred for the school , interspersed with the repeated and heartfelt question , ‘ Why ca n't they leave me alone ? ’ |
| 18 | But , ca n't they treat it in this country ? |
| 19 | Ca n't they tell them to keep their stupid heads down ? |
| 20 | Well ca n't they paint it straight on in the mi , on the ceiling ? |
| 21 | If you work in Florence ca n't they send you ? ’ |
| 22 | Why ca n't they hold it somewhere else in Manchester ? |
| 23 | ‘ Why ca n't they do something else ? ’ she muttered angrily , her arm sliding into Maggie 's as they left the hotel . |
| 24 | Why ca n't they do anything till February ? |
| 25 | So why ca n't they do it now ? ’ . that there are close to 200,000 victims of brain injury in the country . |
| 26 | ‘ So why ca n't they do it now ? ’ |
| 27 | If the Government can do it for the Bosnians , why ca n't they do it for the homeless ? |
| 28 | Why ca n't they give us I mean Christ I ca n't do a up there |
| 29 | ‘ Ca n't they give you a prettier room ? ’ |
| 30 | Ca n't they extend it ? |