Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [pron] be [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 But finance should not itself be blamed .
2 In that context , is not the continued closure of Bir Zeit university , which was announced the other day , an intolerable provocation , and should not it be condemned ?
3 Why should n't , why should n't we be made to pay for a health service ?
4 It is wanted by its family , so why should n't it be given the chance to live ?
5 ‘ Yeah , nice one Richard , but should n't it be called ‘ Tubular Bongs ’ ? ’
6 I told him what I said to you on the phone about should n't he be given a bit more obvious humanity because priests are n't great box-office nowadays and Vic said we 'd talk about it nearer the time .
7 Why should n't I be seen talking to an old mate , eh ? ’
8 It 's tempting to laugh maybe , but as a single 21-year-old should n't she be allowed to dream ?
9 By the time she had closed her room door behind her , though , while there was still some part of her that did n't want to be attracted to him some other part of her was arguing , Why should n't she be attracted to him ?
10 But then , Nikos was himself a Copt and , yes , under an obligation to Andrus ; might not he be biased in Andrus 's favour ?
11 Could not something be done to obtain some repair jobs to hold those workers so that they will not have to be laid off for a considerable time ?
12 In a second , the screen was replaced with a one-way mirror so that the mother could see the interacting pair but could not herself be seen .
13 Could n't she be troubled to print the name of her own husband ( no , ex-husband ) and her own child ?
14 But just to add to the usual conspiracy theories — why could n't it be repeated at the end of the game — surely it was one of the key points of the game .
15 Could n't it be done automatically ? ’
16 Could n't it be helped ?
17 Shall not I be chained like a prisoner to a child for the rest of my life ?
18 Would n't you be flattered if a beautiful woman threw herself at you ? ’
19 Would n't you be disoriented by this ?
20 Why would n't you be allowed on the phone ?
21 Ca n't something be done ? ’
22 I very clearly remember being at the records panel when I er er first arrived , and seeing erm Mr reaction when it was a a member of the party to my right which re , said well , as we have financial problems and as , as we have these documents , why ca n't they be photocopied and we 'll sell sell them off .
23 Why ca n't they be contented with what they 've got ?
24 Well , ca n't he be moved into a different class ?
25 And my grandfather , who used to weep over the ‘ Second Connecticut March ’ , why ca n't he be included ?
26 Or ca n't she be bothered , now , or what .
27 Ca n't anything be done for her deafness , at least ? ’
28 Ca n't anything be done ? ’
29 ‘ We 're not married but wo n't we be treated as if we were ?
30 Wo n't we be heard ? ’
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