Example sentences of "[not/n't] you leave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then they 'd come bleating to my father and their husbands and complain that Addy was autocratic and impossible , and the men would say , " Why ca n't you leave her alone ? " |
| 2 | ‘ Ca n't you leave me alone ? ’ he said , brushing her hand off his shoulder . |
| 3 | ‘ Ca n't you leave me alone for one stupid minute ? ’ |
| 4 | Why do n't you leave me alone ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ For Christ 's sake , ca n't you leave me alone ? |
| 6 | Who do n't you leave me alone ? |
| 7 | In the method described previously , the analyst tries to select sentences ( or passages of some other size ) whose meaning is fairly ‘ neutral ’ from the emotional point of view , and will tend to avoid material such as ‘ Why do n't you leave me alone ? ’ or ‘ How can I ever thank you enough ? ’ because the lexical meaning of the words used already makes the speaker 's attitude pretty clear , whereas sentences such as ‘ She 's going to buy it tomorrow ’ or ‘ The paper has fallen under the table ’ are less likely to prejudice the listener . |
| 8 | " I said why do n't you leave him alone . " |
| 9 | ‘ Ca n't you leave us alone now ? ’ he pleaded and Wexford felt impotently that once again the man was enclosing himself within the unimpregnable defence of grief . |
| 10 | Ca n't you leave it alone ? ’ |