Example sentences of "could [adv] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Could not Joan de Warenne , my half-sister , go to the Tower in my stead ? ’ she asked . |
2 | 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 ? |
3 | Why could not Wales have taken care of him as efficiently as Ireland had of Roger ? |
4 | But , you know you could just George . |
5 | We know that the actual reorganization is going to cost thirty million I would have thought that every possible drainage problem could ever West Sussex could easily be rectified with thirty million pounds and we could all name a project er on which we would like to spend thirty million pounds . |
6 | Although what use could dear Alfred have for any of them ? she wondered . |
7 | ‘ Could n't Tracey help with that ? ’ |
8 | Why could n't Ali forget the pig business ? |
9 | Donna said could n't Steve and Angelica both have been killed by a mallet ? |
10 | Why , he thought , why could n't Blagg have gone out of town , to some place he knew , like Hereford or … |
11 | Could n't Jeanne , Euturpia , have seen to his stuff ? |
12 | Now why , why could n't Philip have prayed for the people ? |
13 | Why could n't Philip pray for them ? |
14 | Why could n't Doctor Jekyll make any more of the drug ? |
15 | Why could n't Jim see that it 's the little things that make all the difference ? |
16 | Why could n't Lee keep his mouth shut ? |
17 | Could n't Reg ever take anything seriously ? |
18 | Now why could n't Shakespeare have told that , Tolkien must have reflected , instead of bothering with King Lear ! |
19 | ‘ Could n't Vargas find out ? ’ |
20 | Could n't Dersingham leave it to someone he designated or adopted , something like that ? ’ |
21 | Could n't Mr Hall just be having some kind of bad day ? |
22 | Could n't Johnny see that they just had to take what was offered ? |
23 | ‘ Could n't Uncle Walter come here till his leg 's mended ? ’ said Philip . |
24 | Why could n't God let bygones be bygones ? |
25 | Why could n't Joe let her sit in the fireside armchair in the living-room so that she 'd at least have company ? |
26 | Why could n't Wilson stand up to the allies , why could n't had stand up to Clements or Lloyd George , in particular ? |
27 | But could even Fouché be trusted ? |