Example sentences of "n't [pron] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why should n't I be seen talking to an old mate , eh ? ’ |
| 2 | Could n't she be troubled to print the name of her own husband ( no , ex-husband ) and her own child ? |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | It 's tempting to laugh maybe , but as a single 21-year-old should n't she be allowed to dream ? |
| 5 | Or ca n't she be bothered , now , or what . |
| 6 | ‘ Please , Miss Bishop , wo n't you be seated ? ’ |
| 7 | Would n't you be disoriented by this ? |
| 8 | ‘ Would n't you be flattered if a beautiful woman threw herself at you ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Wo n't you be needed ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't you be taken in , I 'm not to be trusted , ’ he said , noticing that his spectacles were steamed up . |
| 11 | Why would n't you be allowed on the phone ? |
| 12 | ‘ Ca n't something be done ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We 're not married but wo n't we be treated as if we were ? |
| 14 | Why should n't , why should n't we be made to pay for a health service ? |
| 15 | ‘ Wo n't we be heard ? ’ |
| 16 | Why ca n't they be contented with what they 've got ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Well , ca n't he be moved into a different class ? |
| 20 | And my grandfather , who used to weep over the ‘ Second Connecticut March ’ , why ca n't he be included ? |
| 21 | ‘ Yeah , nice one Richard , but should n't it be called ‘ Tubular Bongs ’ ? ’ |
| 22 | Well no wo n't it be built in . |
| 23 | Could n't it be done automatically ? ’ |
| 24 | It is wanted by its family , so why should n't it be given the chance to live ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Could n't it be helped ? |
| 27 | ‘ Ca n't anything be done for her deafness , at least ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Ca n't anything be done ? ’ |