Example sentences of "why [modal v] [adv] [noun] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet if they were referring to a legitimate title , why should not Pilate have been doing so as well ? |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Why , he thought , why could n't Blagg have gone out of town , to some place he knew , like Hereford or … |
| 4 | Now why , why could n't Philip have prayed for the people ? |
| 5 | Now why could n't Shakespeare have told that , Tolkien must have reflected , instead of bothering with King Lear ! |
| 6 | Why could not Wales have taken care of him as efficiently as Ireland had of Roger ? |