Example sentences of "can [adv] you [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Then ca n't you just give in gracefully and save us all a lot of trouble ? ’ |
2 | Well ca n't you just talk cos it 's not long , just a couple of minutes just talk before you revise for a little while ? |
3 | card ca n't you just go stra buy and just write a cheque out and go straight in ? |
4 | ‘ What I mean is , why ca n't you just admit that it was wonderfully exciting to fuck somebody else ? ’ |
5 | Ca n't you just tell me what it is ? |
6 | Ca n't you just leave me alone for God 's sake ? ’ |
7 | Why ca n't you just leave me alone ? ’ |
8 | ‘ Why ca n't you just leave me alone ? ’ |
9 | Why ca n't you just leave me alone ? ’ |
10 | Why ca n't you just leave it on ? |
11 | ‘ Ca n't you just build a new bridge then ? ’ |
12 | Why ca n't you just stay home forever , daddy ? |
13 | ‘ Pat , dear , ca n't you just decide to give up drink , ca n't that be part of the new life you 're always talking about ? |
14 | ‘ Ca n't you just explain that to your editor ? |
15 | ‘ Ca n't you just do the work you 're paid for ? ’ |
16 | Ca n't you just do a find ? |
17 | Why ca n't you just say : " There 's a bloke I 've met and I 'm bringing him home for tea on Tuesday . " |
18 | Ca n't you just say your back 's , just have a rest for a while ? |
19 | ‘ Ca n't you just see their faces back home if we turned up with this ? ’ said Angalo . |
20 | Ca n't you just see your mother in a pink floppy hat with cherries on it ? |
21 | Ca n't you just get a train into London ? |
22 | Ca n't you just hear the children 's playful squabbles at the rabbit hutches over whether to have that fluffy grey one as a pet , or as a casserole ? |
23 | Ca n't you just take me back to the life your friends stole me from ? ’ |
24 | Ca n't you just take him out ? |
25 | But why ca n't you just put one over the top there or something ? |
26 | Why ca n't you just use a task request form that says . |
27 | Well ca n't you just use that then Nigel ? |
28 | It 's a glorious , peaceful summer day — why ca n't you just lie back like me and soak up some of those gorgeous golden rays ? ’ |
29 | Ca n't you just accept a fact ? ’ |
30 | Ca n't you just agree to disagree ? ’ |