Example sentences of "could [adv] you [vb infin] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could n't you have landed someone a bit more … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Why could n't you have cast Dara in this role of your girlfriend ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 5 | Could n't you have kept quiet ? ’ |
| 6 | Could n't you have kept him out of the way ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Why could n't you have waited until your mother was home to ask me all these things ? |
| 8 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 9 | Could n't you have done something … ’ |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | ‘ Could n't you have talked your way out of trouble like most people with any sense ? ’ |
| 12 | And when I appeared a bit scruffy on Jonathan Ross , she said ‘ could n't you have put a shirt on ? ’ ’ |
| 13 | Could n't you have put the blue nearer the middle cos I 'm getting annoyed . |
| 14 | Could n't you have come to me and told me that you were in debt , that you needed money ? |
| 15 | Could n't you have left her down there with that woman friend ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Could n't you have left it till after the show ? ’ demanded the dark woman . |
| 17 | Could n't you have left well alone ! |
| 18 | could n't you have taken it when I , you know , when I was n't actually er |
| 19 | ‘ Well , could n't you have sold a few of those ? ’ |
| 20 | He picked up the receiver , and without identifying himself just said , ‘ Could n't you have let me have an hour ? |
| 21 | ‘ I 've just reached the moment when Susanna is getting into the bath — could n't you have chosen another time to visit ? |