Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can not you pay a woman to come in ? ’ |
| 2 | Can not we have a proper system of no-fault payments for medical injuries ? |
| 3 | Instead of the piecemeal approach , can not he offer a three-year rolling programme of force levels to assist chief constables to make more effective use of manpower in a bid to prevent and combat crime ? |
| 4 | Does not he have a powerful point when he says : ’ The new system is run by accountants who do n't have to sit across the table from the patient and say I can not treat you' ’ until the new financial year ? |
| 5 | As Leader of the House , does not he have a responsibility to the whole House ? |
| 6 | Damn , she thought , why did n't I choose a chair ? |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | ‘ Just because the children are easy to please , why should n't I make a bit of effort ? |
| 9 | well I 'll switch off if I 'm being something rather good , so do n't I feel a bit sorry for those goldfish . |
| 10 | But wo n't I need a Solicitor ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Do n't I recall a certain Richard Bach ( literary father of J.L. Seagull ) doing that self-same thing , and writing two beautiful books — Nothing by Chance and Biplane — about his bedsheets-and-bailing wire odyssey ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why , ’ he went on , ‘ did n't I become a Sikh or a Hasidic jew ? |
| 14 | Ca n't I have a wash and a change first , sergeant ? ’ |
| 15 | Why should n't I have a good old weep ? |
| 16 | And ask them how they 'd answer their children 's inevitable questions , such as ‘ why do n't I have a daddy like the other kids at school ? ’ |
| 17 | Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ? |
| 18 | And why the hell should n't I have a penchant for claret ? thought Helen . |
| 19 | ‘ Why do n't I have a word with that little sod Ali and see if he can arrange it all ? |
| 20 | But why should n't I have a sense of humour ? ’ |
| 21 | I mean why ca n't I have a |
| 22 | Ca n't I have a tiny bit ? |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't I get a little kiss ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't I get a kiss today ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't I get a medal ? |
| 26 | People ask me sometimes , why do n't I get a flat and live on my own with my little girl ? |
| 27 | ‘ Should n't I get a doctor too ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Could n't I get a mask ? ’ |
| 29 | I mean , should n't I get a doctor ? |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't I get a birthday kiss ? ’ |