Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And in spite of doubts , ’ the abbot reminded them wryly , ‘ should not we still be thinking the same ? |
| 2 | Should not we now bend our efforts to supporting the proposal that the Minister mentioned and to finding some way of compensating those who have lost dearly ? |
| 3 | Should not there also be a statutory holiday to coincide with half-term ? |
| 4 | ‘ Should n't somebody else take over at the wheel ? ’ she asked anxiously . |
| 5 | Well they should have should n't they now ? |
| 6 | She said : ‘ This is very grand , Barbara , but should n't we just go to the rooms that you use ? ’ |
| 7 | so 's Christmas why should n't so why should n't we not celebrate that so to speak ? |
| 8 | ‘ But should n't we both … ’ |
| 9 | Should n't we now be acknowledging blame rather than passing the buck ? |
| 10 | and it 's set and it should click back should n't it slowly ? |
| 11 | Why should n't he just be getting old ? |
| 12 | And should n't I anyhow be puzzled by the sheer size of the effects we find ? |
| 13 | ‘ And if you 're worried about the taxpayer , should n't you perhaps be attending to the urgent little matter your sergeant told you about ? ’ |
| 14 | Cos yo you should learn as you go should n't you really ? |
| 15 | Should n't she just accept that her feelings about her mother 's lifestyle were irrational , stick to her original plan , keep everything on a cool , semi-formal basis , do the job and go home ? |
| 16 | We may not one further point . |
| 17 | Not yet no , just get your out there and and then you might have a bit of lee-way might not we then ? |
| 18 | When I , when I come to practice management then , when I 've given the books out , I 'll probably them out to do the exam . |
| 19 | Call her Marge , you might as well call her butter and go the whole hog might n't you really ? |
| 20 | Might n't it merely give rise to a new , psychologistic , feminist reductionism ? |
| 21 | And he travels with it and I 'd rather him not . |
| 22 | I 'd rather him not travel it , I 'd rather him stop here on Sunday and not come home so that he 's got ample rest , cos he 's not getting it I , I , I du n no , I , I might be wrong , but he moans at me cos I knock me |
| 23 | I 'd rather you just … |
| 24 | So he sa , I said to her well I 'd rather you not be insured with us ! |
| 25 | These are obviously relevant to the act of speaking but could not themselves properly be regarded as components of speech . |
| 26 | Could n't they just ease up a little ? |
| 27 | Why could n't they just leave well alone and let pupils concentrate on the three Rs ? |
| 28 | ‘ Could n't they just have sent us a photograph ? ’ |
| 29 | Why could n't they just understand that she did n't want to be married and settled with umpteen kids and a mortgage up to the sky and no life to call her own ? |
| 30 | And so , although she had hated having to do it , Laura had forced herself to write a long letter to Ross , saying how very much she loved and missed him — and could n't they still try to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage ? |