Example sentences of "why [modal v] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Why could n't people select their own mayor and other local officials ? ’ , students asked angrily . |
| 32 | Why could n't people just leave her alone ? |
| 33 | Why could n't God let bygones be bygones ? |
| 34 | Why could n't Joe let her sit in the fireside armchair in the living-room so that she 'd at least have company ? |
| 35 | Why could n't men just be faithful ? |
| 36 | His mother the dowager Queen Isabella survived until 1358 and if she could transmit title to Edward III , why could not Jeanne of Navarre , Louis X 's daughter , or any of the daughters of Philip V do likewise ? |
| 37 | Why could not Wales have taken care of him as efficiently as Ireland had of Roger ? |
| 38 | Why would n't Bella learn ? |
| 39 | Instead of creating the C65 , why ca n't Commodore release add-ons for the existing C64 ? |
| 40 | ‘ Why ca n't Gran go back to Saracen when Buzz returns and be nursed there ? ’ |
| 41 | Why ca n't women whistle ? |
| 42 | 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 ? |
| 43 | Why ca n't things stay the same for five minutes ? |
| 44 | Asda sells hi-fis , TVs , videos , alarm clocks and other electrical goods , so why ca n't Sainsbury 's ? ’ |
| 45 | Well why ca n't if John and Jim ai n't gon na go Marie 's not gon na go , why ca n't Cheryl still go and then |
| 46 | Well why ca n't Nora walk to it ? |
| 47 | " The Eurasian women are managing all right so why ca n't Miss Hughes ? " |
| 48 | Sample joke : ‘ Why ca n't cars play football ? |
| 49 | Why ca n't men and women receive equal treatment after a race ? |
| 50 | A student spokesman says : ‘ Women show off their bras , so why ca n't men do the same with THEIR underwear ? ’ |
| 51 | Why ca n't people just be dead and forgotten ? ’ |
| 52 | Why ca n't people accept things for what they are rather than going all out to destroy the things they do n't agree with ? |
| 53 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 54 | ‘ why ca n't people say what they mean ? ’ |
| 55 | Why ca n't people be happy . |
| 56 | But why ca n't people realise that the early days for a young horse are as vital as our own early learning experiences ? |
| 57 | Well ca n't , why ca n't Michael help ? |
| 58 | ‘ Why ca n't Irvine come here ? |
| 59 | Why ca n't David do it ! |
| 60 | Why ca n't Leeds loan Strandli out ( back to IK Start ) . |