Example sentences of "could n't you [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why could n't you break the power of the Treasury and get your beloved Department of Economic Affairs to take off ? |
| 2 | I 'm sorry , I just forgot , could n't you wear the grey one … |
| 3 | ‘ Could n't you see the dog did n't have friendship in mind when he hurled himself at you ? ’ |
| 4 | He thought that if you could orient molecules in yarn or film — just as Wallace Carothers did when he invented nylon in the same company in the 1930s — why could n't you apply the same technique to plastic bottles to make them stronger ? |
| 5 | ‘ Could n't you force the state to do anything ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Could n't you keep the books , Mother ? ’ |
| 7 | why could n't you have the spelling J U G L E ? |
| 8 | ‘ Could n't you discourage the poor chap , ’ Eleanor Fuller said to her one day , ‘ instead of sitting back and letting him moon around hoping your tyres need pumping up . |