Example sentences of "could not [pers pn] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could not he have arranged for that report to be leaked to the hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) , because that might have prevented the hon. Gentleman from making the foolish pledge that Labour will abolish the excellent reforms ? |
| 2 | Could n't they have waited just another couple of weeks until he had officially retired at the end of the month ? |
| 3 | The Middle East is still suffering from the consequences of Jewish beastliness ( why could n't they have waited to be attacked first , like gents ? ) , including what someone euphemistically described as the ‘ re-unification ’ of Jerusalem . |
| 4 | Could n't they have waited a bit longer after the expense of Christmas ? |
| 5 | I rue the day these wretched Titfords ever came to live down here — could n't they have stayed over in Wilmington Square ? |
| 6 | Could n't they have done something ? |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | but my argument was why could n't they have done that last Friday ? |
| 9 | ( Why could n't we have done it properly ? ) |
| 10 | I 'm often asked ‘ Could n't we have done this ourselves without Doctus ? ’ |
| 11 | Why could n't we have stayed there ? ’ |
| 12 | Could n't you have landed someone a bit more … ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Why could n't you have cast Dara in this role of your girlfriend ? |
| 14 | I sat in the back with Rayleen ( could n't you have guessed ? ) and she made me put my right hand in her lap while she ran her fingertips over most of the rest of my body looking for other injuries . |
| 15 | ‘ Could n't you have made the boy into an ordinary thief , and then got him arrested and sent out of the country for the rest of his life ? ’ |
| 16 | Could n't you have kept quiet ? ’ |
| 17 | Could n't you have kept him out of the way ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Why could n't you have waited until your mother was home to ask me all these things ? |
| 19 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 20 | Could n't you have done something … ’ |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | ‘ Could n't you have talked your way out of trouble like most people with any sense ? ’ |
| 23 | And when I appeared a bit scruffy on Jonathan Ross , she said ‘ could n't you have put a shirt on ? ’ ’ |
| 24 | Could n't you have put the blue nearer the middle cos I 'm getting annoyed . |
| 25 | Could n't you have come to me and told me that you were in debt , that you needed money ? |
| 26 | Could n't you have left her down there with that woman friend ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Could n't you have left it till after the show ? ’ demanded the dark woman . |
| 28 | Could n't you have left well alone ! |
| 29 | could n't you have taken it when I , you know , when I was n't actually er |
| 30 | ‘ Well , could n't you have sold a few of those ? ’ |