Example sentences of "[pers pn] not [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , well that 's what I said , but she says can I not just alter it and leave it at that ? |
| 2 | But can you say , sir , that there is nothing between you that should not be ? [ pause ] You answer me not and may I not fairly presume you can not ? |
| 3 | But when a Duchess descends to mingle with a person of obscure birth , does she not then degrade herself ? |
| 4 | If Theo was worried about marriage settlements in the event of death " why do you not just knife your wife and have done with it ? " |
| 5 | So I can you not just stick it out till I ring Brian ? |
| 6 | Well Terry confirmed that to me yesterday cos I asked the question could we not just run it |
| 7 | could we not just circulate them ? |
| 8 | Today we are supposedly living in the first great secular age of history ( though do we not still worship our own pagan idols — of money and success ? ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Why can it not just say we 've landed ? ’ |
| 10 | Similarly , if secondary legislation has already created the ECU , can it not further define its role as a currency ? |
| 11 | Can he not still keep his company car though , off sick . |
| 12 | Does he not therefore find it extraordinary that the Labour and Liberal parties remain committed to the abolition of grant maintained schools and that in local government they are waging a relentless campaign against G M schools , as typified by the behaviour of Essex County Council . |