Example sentences of "[modal v] not [pron] have done " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Listen , " I said , " should n't we have done something ? " |
| 2 | ‘ Should n't I have done ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Why , should n't I have done that ? ’ |
| 4 | Could n't they have done something ? |
| 5 | ‘ Even the recent drop begs the question if they can do all this in a month or two , why could n't they have done it before . ’ |
| 6 | but my argument was why could n't they have done that last Friday ? |
| 7 | ( Why could n't we have done it properly ? ) |
| 8 | I 'm often asked ‘ Could n't we have done this ourselves without Doctus ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ For God 's sake , Elizabeth , if you must go rushing off to protest meetings , could n't you have done your protesting there , and let the rest of us sleep in peace ? ’ |
| 10 | Could n't you have done something … ’ |
| 11 | come Saturday they 'd rearranged the whole ward and they put him on a W R V S air bed , he were in heaven on this bed , I said why the fuck could n't you have done that earlier ? |
| 12 | ‘ Would n't you have done the same ? |