Example sentences of "can [adv] [pers pn] [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now why ca n't they issue a ticket , transferable ticket So I do n't have to use three buses , all I have to do is I 've got one ticket , now that ticket reserved for particular . |
| 2 | Ca n't we do a deal ? |
| 3 | Ca n't we do a manual ? |
| 4 | ‘ Ca n't we play a game ? ’ |
| 5 | Why ca n't we have a school , and all live here ? |
| 6 | I 'll be looking like soup , ca n't we have a change sometimes , Angharad ? ’ |
| 7 | CA N'T we have a bit of a rest from ‘ bit ? ’ |
| 8 | Why ca n't we have a referendum to stop them doing so again ? — |
| 9 | ‘ Why , why , why ca n't we have a debate on a referendum ? ’ he asked . |
| 10 | By the way , why ca n't we have a tournament or two every year up here in the North ? |
| 11 | And why ca n't we have a communion service in everyday language ? |
| 12 | ‘ Ca n't we have a vodka ? ’ asked Camille , seeing her mother wrapped in thought . |
| 13 | I found among my mother 's papers when she died a letter from my grandfather which must have wrung her heart for years after his death : ‘ … ca n't you spare a moment to write to your poor old Dad … ‘ |
| 14 | ‘ Steve McQueen 's really groovy , Mom — ca n't you make a picture with him ? ’ |
| 15 | Ooh for goodness sake ca ca n't you write a cheque out for that David ! |
| 16 | Well ca n't you keep a grip on yourself woman ? |
| 17 | ‘ Why ca n't you read a book like everyone else instead of watching dirty movies ? |
| 18 | Ca n't you take a friend , even if it 's a recent one ? ’ |
| 19 | WHY ca n't you take a photo of two or more Russians ? |
| 20 | ‘ Ca n't you stretch a point for a friend ? ’ |
| 21 | Ca n't you have , ca n't you find a book ? |
| 22 | ‘ And why ca n't you call a spade a spade ? |
| 23 | Ca n't you let a man sleep ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Ca n't you look a bit less like a nun ? ’ he demanded with masculine vagueness . |
| 25 | ‘ Ca n't you accept a compliment graciously ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Why the devil ca n't you employ a gardener on such work ? ’ he demanded irascibly . |
| 27 | Ca n't I have a wash and a change first , sergeant ? ’ |
| 28 | Okay okay just so I ca n't I need a couple more calls to finish off the programme and take a couple more records er O nine O four six four one six four one would you ring me . |
| 29 | Ca n't he make a statement ? ’ |
| 30 | Ludens , addressing the doctor , said , ‘ Ca n't he have a try ? ’ |