Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why should n't I show it to him , anyway ? |
| 2 | … should n't you protect yourself against the financial effects of a serious injury ? |
| 3 | After all the fuss you made about my giving you roses , should n't you put them in water first ? ’ |
| 4 | Should n't you put it on your urgent list right now ? |
| 5 | Why could n't they do it in the summer when it 's warm ? |
| 6 | Could n't we do it with him ? |
| 7 | Could n't you send it to me ? |
| 8 | Could n't you distance yourself from it somehow ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Could n't you reach him through his lawyers ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Could n't you move him to another job occasionally ? ’ she said , with a sudden burst of inspiration . |
| 11 | Could n't you fix something with Neville ? |
| 12 | ‘ Could n't you postpone it until cocktail time this evening ? ’ |
| 13 | Could n't you stick them on me ? |
| 14 | Why could n't he roast her in oil ? |
| 15 | ‘ Could n't he do it for you ? ’ |
| 16 | so how , how was it that Jesus saves us and had he , he 'd got to die for us , what , could n't he save us without dying because his death was , was n't very nice by any means |
| 17 | But why could n't he rid himself of the eerie sensation that it had already happened , that everyone knew except him , that he was being deliberately kept in the dark ? |
| 18 | Why could n't she treat him with the same cool indifference as he showed her ? |
| 19 | But why on earth could n't she tell him about it ? |
| 20 | Would n't we do anything for a loved one to take us in his or her arms ? |
| 21 | And what about Duckman Peters would n't they do it for you ? |
| 22 | Well why would n't they take them underneath the floor ? |
| 23 | ‘ Would n't it buy something for the girls here or put someone through school even if you did n't want to take it for yourself ? |
| 24 | would n't you get one in that Princess that you got at first ? |
| 25 | Good God , Edward , if you had the power to end this war , would n't you seize it with both hands ? |
| 26 | Why , why would n't she thank you for that ? |
| 27 | Why ca n't somebody give it to the Star then ? |
| 28 | Ca n't somebody do something about these people ? |
| 29 | But , ca n't they treat it in this country ? |
| 30 | Why ca n't they do anything till February ? |