Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Why ca n't they simply get on with things ? |
2 | Why ca n't they just ransom me ? |
3 | Why ca n't they just tell you ? |
4 | Ca n't they just trim them ? ’ |
5 | Er , why ca n't they just look at , er do a means test for child benefit ? |
6 | So why , why , why ca n't you just erm why ca n't they just take a bit off everybody in that case and , and inflict the same degree ? |
7 | Yet there 's nothing sordid to it , so why ca n't they just accept that Rosemary made a terrible mistake and married a rotter . |
8 | Ca n't they even navigate , for fuck 's sake ? |
9 | why ca n't they now decrease that , and er start doing advertising ? |
10 | Yeah , erm modern when in choosing a mate and er connection with that because with the assumption that males generally do n't give any parental investment what really benefit them to you know biologically can , can support the offspring themselves short period of time why ca n't they then go you know to have their own I mean |
11 | Ca n't we just stay in and play ? |
12 | ‘ Ca n't we just leave it ? ’ |
13 | Ca n't we just do a premium holiday on them ? |
14 | Why ca n't we just have them in a loose-leaf binder with dividers in , and let the engineer decide how to hold documentation together ? |
15 | Ca n't we just back it along a bit so that Andrew can you know |
16 | ‘ Ca n't we just try , Crilly ? ’ |
17 | ‘ Ca n't we just seize on each other . |
18 | Ca n't we just put a clause |
19 | Anyway why , why ca n't we easily use these capital receipts ? |
20 | ‘ Ca n't we even eat a meal together occasionally ? |
21 | Sexual abuse in the classroom : ca n't we even trust our teachers with the safety of our children ? |
22 | Ca n't we even lit them have their 15 minutes in the spotlight before we start thrashing them ? ’ |
23 | ‘ Then ca n't you just give in gracefully and save us all a lot of trouble ? ’ |
24 | 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 ? |
25 | card ca n't you just go stra buy and just write a cheque out and go straight in ? |
26 | ‘ What I mean is , why ca n't you just admit that it was wonderfully exciting to fuck somebody else ? ’ |
27 | Ca n't you just tell me what it is ? |
28 | Ca n't you just leave me alone for God 's sake ? ’ |
29 | Why ca n't you just leave me alone ? ’ |
30 | ‘ Why ca n't you just leave me alone ? ’ |