Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why should n't I forget business — just for once ? |
| 2 | ‘ Why should n't I show it to him , anyway ? |
| 3 | Life is a film — why should n't I watch it ? |
| 4 | And , come to that , why should n't I bargain for doing something extra ? |
| 5 | ‘ Master , should n't I return to the royal camp ? ’ |
| 6 | And why should n't I do as I please with my own body ? |
| 7 | If it 's all right for Ernest to change his religion to marry me , why should n't I do the same for him ? ’ |
| 8 | But should n't I do better work if I were n't driven from pillar to post to supplement my salary ? |
| 9 | then again think what , what the hell is she gon na do with him and yet I keep saying to myself I should n't do it and then another bit of me saying why should n't I do it , why should n't I have |
| 10 | Well I 've made it not to if , if , if I , if I , if , if they 'd ordered , been ordered on my say so , I have made an autonomous decision , well you , there 's so many people in that place making autonomous bloody decisions , why should n't I do a few ? |
| 11 | Why should n't I marry their precious father ? |
| 12 | ‘ Just because the children are easy to please , why should n't I make a bit of effort ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why should n't I think it ? ’ asked Malcolm Harris innocently . |
| 14 | Certainly I 'm going to press it , why should n't I press it ? |
| 15 | Anyway , why should n't I expect high standards from them ? |
| 16 | But on the other hand , I was furious ; I thought : this is ridiculous , why should n't I go out wearing what I want without getting hassle ? |
| 17 | I 'd seen pictures of you … a home movie ; you were a beautiful young woman — why should n't I agree to look you up ? |
| 18 | Why should n't I find it interesting to work with fuels ? |
| 19 | Why should n't I have a good old weep ? |
| 20 | Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ? |
| 21 | And why the hell should n't I have a penchant for claret ? thought Helen . |
| 22 | ‘ Should n't I have done ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Should n't I have signed the register ? ’ she said , not at all sure she liked his high-handed manner . |
| 24 | ‘ Why , should n't I have done that ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And should n't I have been the first person to have known about them ? |
| 26 | But why should n't I have a sense of humour ? ’ |
| 27 | Why should n't I have decent clothes and shoes ? |
| 28 | then again think what , what the hell is she gon na do with him and yet I keep saying to myself I should n't do it and then another bit of me saying why should n't I do it , why should n't I have |
| 29 | should n't I have called him ? |
| 30 | After all , why should n't I enjoy my last months as a bachelor ? |