Example sentences of "not [pers pn] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | Why would n't I have made it ? ’ |
| 3 | should n't I have called him ? |
| 4 | ‘ Should n't I have done ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Why , should n't I have done that ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Why could n't I have told you ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Should n't I have signed the register ? ’ she said , not at all sure she liked his high-handed manner . |
| 8 | ‘ Might n't I have known that she would have such perfect timing ? ’ turning to his mother , he explained , ‘ That 's what I was coming to tell you — that Phena was on her way . |
| 9 | I always knew I was adopted , so why could n't I have had the whole truth ? |
| 10 | Why could n't I have had that last time ! |
| 11 | ‘ Could n't she have turned to her parents ? ’ |
| 12 | Why could n't she have let him take her to one of those ? |
| 13 | COULD N'T SHE HAVE GOT A ROBOT ? |
| 14 | Could n't she have had it done at home ? ’ |
| 15 | Why could n't she have had just a small taste of the honeyed delight that Rourke 's love would have brought , just a fragment of the glowing ember that would have warmed her inside , instead of this cold , bitter emptiness ? |
| 16 | And should n't she have known ? |
| 17 | Why could n't she have left me alone ? |
| 18 | ‘ Why could n't you have waited until your mother was home to ask me all these things ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 21 | Could n't you have done something … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Would n't you have done the same ? |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | Dozed ca n't you have dozed ? |
| 25 | ‘ As a vet , ’ he said curtly , ‘ should n't you have recognised the sounds a cow makes ? ’ |
| 26 | Could n't you have landed someone a bit more … ’ |
| 27 | Would n't you have liked to get your own back ? ’ |
| 28 | Could n't you have kept quiet ? ’ |
| 29 | Could n't you have kept him out of the way ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Why could n't you have cast Dara in this role of your girlfriend ? |