Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should not Germany now make a grant of this land to the nascent Eurofed ? |
| 2 | Should not Greece be fearful ? |
| 3 | Should not John Major have taken the opportunity to cut away more of the dead wood from among the cabinet 's other 20 members ? |
| 4 | If Richard was to step into his dead brother 's shoes then why should not John — for as yet John was still Lackland — step into Richard 's shoes ? |
| 5 | Yet if they were referring to a legitimate title , why should not Pilate have been doing so as well ? |
| 6 | There can be no doubt that if Britain wants to look forward to a level of economic health even approaching that to which it has grown accustomed over the past 50 years , it must back Alvey 's proposals . |
| 7 | So erm we should well Mick said he 'll give me this week anyway . |
| 8 | Charlie ignored me , as he was ignoring most of his friends since he 'd appeared on the front page of the Bromley and Kentish Times with his band , Must n't Grumble , after an open-air gig in a local sports ground . |
| 9 | And he gave me a job as Must n't Grumble 's occasional roadie . |
| 10 | And why must n't Phena know anything about them ? |
| 11 | And why on earth must n't Phena know about them ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Should n't Newman know about this ? ’ |
| 13 | Should n't Deane have had 3 pens vs Liverpool ? ? |
| 14 | Should n't Gordon , clear off will you ! |
| 15 | Why should n't Sally look nice too ? ’ |
| 16 | And should n't Lucy say something about her story , the subtle and extravagant passes Jay had been making at her all evening ? |
| 17 | Should n't Moores , of the famous Liverpool pools family , have taken the option offered to every football coupon gambler ? |
| 18 | Washington , Jefferson and six other Virginians besides have led our nation ; so why should n't President Charles Sherman in about thirty-five years ' time — say round about nineteen sixty — be sitting in the White House ? |
| 19 | Why should n't Gay come to Sunset Cottage , and sink or swim with them ? |
| 20 | Why should n't Fanshawe just have said to his wife , ‘ This young lady has missed her last train and since she lives in London I said we 'd give her a lift ’ ? |
| 21 | ‘ Should n't Sandra and Gary be getting up ? |
| 22 | SHOULD N'T Bobby Robson come home ? |
| 23 | ‘ Should n't Jamie handle that ? ’ |
| 24 | Why should , why should n't Annie and me mum ? |
| 25 | In fairness to the smooth running of the place , should n't Silas be warned of Ling 's prediction of trouble ? |
| 26 | ‘ That couple crossed the line and lived together — why should n't Gittel and I ? ’ |
| 27 | May not Lenin have reacted in private in a way not so dissimilar from Stalin 's overt and more violent reaction to political opposition in Georgia in the same year ? |
| 28 | Samuel Sharp in his History of Stamford of 1847 says : ‘ It is most likely … that certain localities … were set apart by the Druids for the assemblage of their pupils and disciples : and why may not Stamford be one of these ? ’ |
| 29 | You may not GOTO a line which is outside the current FOR … |
| 30 | Might not Jesus himself have been rather different from the picture given of him in the gospels and the subsequent teaching of the church ? |