Example sentences of "why [vb mod] [adv] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why should n't we try a pot-shot at it ? |
| 2 | Why should n't we take the money the captain owes us ? |
| 3 | If the ovaries are removed , ovaries stop working there is treatment there to prevent us having disease , why should n't we take it and why should n't we have a better life ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why should n't we have a little pleasure , some support ? |
| 5 | Why should n't we have a relationship ? ’ |
| 6 | So why should n't they seize the opportunity to boost the crowd on Wednesday ? |
| 7 | But what I do object to is erm virgin mothers coming along who think that , why should n't they use a man ? |
| 8 | If someone is playing rugby full-time in that country then why should n't they have the opportunity ? |
| 9 | Why should n't you make a mistake , like everybody else ? |
| 10 | You 're colleagues , friends — why should n't you hide the truth of what he did ? ’ |
| 11 | Caution is a good sign , but why should n't you have a fag to calm your nerves ? |
| 12 | Well I 've made it not to if , if , if I , if I , if , if they 'd ordered , been ordered on my say so , I have made an autonomous decision , well you , there 's so many people in that place making autonomous bloody decisions , why should n't I do a few ? |
| 13 | If it 's all right for Ernest to change his religion to marry me , why should n't I do the same for him ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Just because the children are easy to please , why should n't I make a bit of effort ? |
| 15 | It was through you I got this chance , why should n't I share the benefits with you ? |
| 16 | Why should n't I have a good old weep ? |
| 17 | Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ? |
| 18 | But why should n't I have a sense of humour ? ’ |
| 19 | Why should n't she spend the night here and make her way back in the morning ? |
| 20 | Why should n't he wear a red shirt on his day off ? |
| 21 | Why should n't he own a limousine ? ’ |
| 22 | I 've not , there 's a conviction that er if management were making money , then why could n't they get a reasonable increase in pay . |
| 23 | Why could n't we see the pieces ? ? ? |
| 24 | If he truly believed there was more to her actions , if he had married her to protect her life or reputation , why could n't he spare a few insignificant minutes to listen to her now ? |
| 25 | Why could n't he wear a toupee like me ? ’ |
| 26 | Why could n't he have a Ford ? ) was outside No. 16 and there was a builder 's flat-backed truck parked in front of it . |
| 27 | Why could n't he attend the scheme ? |
| 28 | Why could n't I do the DOPACS ? |
| 29 | Why could n't you break the power of the Treasury and get your beloved Department of Economic Affairs to take off ? |
| 30 | ‘ Why could n't you get a rowing machine like anyone else ? ’ |