Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | And he gave me a job as Must n't Grumble 's occasional roadie . |
3 | And why must n't Phena know anything about them ? |
4 | And why on earth must n't Phena know about them ? ’ |
5 | ‘ Should n't Newman know about this ? ’ |
6 | Should n't Deane have had 3 pens vs Liverpool ? ? |
7 | Should n't Gordon , clear off will you ! |
8 | Why should n't Sally look nice too ? ’ |
9 | And should n't Lucy say something about her story , the subtle and extravagant passes Jay had been making at her all evening ? |
10 | Should n't Moores , of the famous Liverpool pools family , have taken the option offered to every football coupon gambler ? |
11 | 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 ? |
12 | Why should n't Gay come to Sunset Cottage , and sink or swim with them ? |
13 | 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 ’ ? |
14 | ‘ Should n't Sandra and Gary be getting up ? |
15 | SHOULD N'T Bobby Robson come home ? |
16 | ‘ Should n't Jamie handle that ? ’ |
17 | Why should , why should n't Annie and me mum ? |
18 | In fairness to the smooth running of the place , should n't Silas be warned of Ling 's prediction of trouble ? |
19 | ‘ That couple crossed the line and lived together — why should n't Gittel and I ? ’ |
20 | ‘ Could n't Tracey help with that ? ’ |
21 | Why could n't Ali forget the pig business ? |
22 | Donna said could n't Steve and Angelica both have been killed by a mallet ? |
23 | Why , he thought , why could n't Blagg have gone out of town , to some place he knew , like Hereford or … |
24 | Could n't Jeanne , Euturpia , have seen to his stuff ? |
25 | Now why , why could n't Philip have prayed for the people ? |
26 | Why could n't Philip pray for them ? |
27 | Why could n't Doctor Jekyll make any more of the drug ? |
28 | Why could n't Jim see that it 's the little things that make all the difference ? |
29 | Why could n't Lee keep his mouth shut ? |
30 | Could n't Reg ever take anything seriously ? |