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 ?
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