Example sentences of "why [modal v] [not/n't] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And why must n't Phena know anything about them ? |
| 2 | Yet if they were referring to a legitimate title , why should not Pilate have been doing so as well ? |
| 3 | Why should not people do as they pleased with their own bodies ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why should not Englishmen arm themselves ? ’ he asked . |
| 5 | Why should n't Sally look nice too ? ’ |
| 6 | Why should n't tramps sleep in cafés ? |
| 7 | I mean I may maybe decriminalization is part of that but I , as someone said why sho , why should n't people take er , drugs if they want to , they 're allowed to take other drugs ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why should n't people have an activity or hobby which causes no harm to anyone , and does n't hurt the fish , ’ says Mr Houghton . |
| 9 | But why should n't feminists play with language for political ends ? |
| 10 | Why should n't Gay come to Sunset Cottage , and sink or swim with them ? |
| 11 | ’ Why should n't celebrities get something out of it ? |
| 12 | Why , he thought , why could n't Blagg have gone out of town , to some place he knew , like Hereford or … |
| 13 | Why could n't Lee keep his mouth shut ? |
| 14 | Now why , why could n't Philip have prayed for the people ? |
| 15 | Why could n't Philip pray for them ? |
| 16 | Why could n't Jim see that it 's the little things that make all the difference ? |
| 17 | Why could n't Ali forget the pig business ? |
| 18 | Why could n't Wilson stand up to the allies , why could n't had stand up to Clements or Lloyd George , in particular ? |
| 19 | Now why could n't Shakespeare have told that , Tolkien must have reflected , instead of bothering with King Lear ! |
| 20 | ‘ Why could n't people select their own mayor and other local officials ? ’ , students asked angrily . |
| 21 | Why could n't God let bygones be bygones ? |
| 22 | Why could n't Joe let her sit in the fireside armchair in the living-room so that she 'd at least have company ? |
| 23 | Why could not Wales have taken care of him as efficiently as Ireland had of Roger ? |
| 24 | Why would n't Bella learn ? |
| 25 | ‘ Why ca n't Gran go back to Saracen when Buzz returns and be nursed there ? ’ |
| 26 | Why ca n't women whistle ? |
| 27 | If Ferguson can regularly play Giggs , Sharpe et al why ca n't Wilko give Whelan a go in midfield consistently given the current Rocky/Wilko disagreement ? |
| 28 | Why ca n't things stay the same for five minutes ? |
| 29 | Well why ca n't Nora walk to it ? |
| 30 | Sample joke : ‘ Why ca n't cars play football ? |