Example sentences of "[modal v] he not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why should he not go to the family home ? ’ asked Holmes . |
| 2 | Why should he not view her as a fully rounded subject , with wants and desires of her own ? |
| 3 | Why should he not want to remember Maltby , though ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why should he not own it ? ’ |
| 5 | Should he not turn his attention vigorously to sorting out the common agricultural policy , which is endangering the Uruguay round and remains a serious blot which is totally inconsistent with the sort of policies that are embodied in the new treaty ? |
| 6 | Why should he not look at other women , as other men did ? |
| 7 | Was she being judged on what she had learned about the project ; and if so , was n't the teacher being judged on how well he had transmitted knowledge and therefore should he not share the C-grade ? |
| 8 | If God created primitive living things like plants for animals to eat ( do plants have theos rights ? ) , then why should He not have created more complex but still primitive beings which kill each other and may be eaten by man who has been set in dominion over all else ? |
| 9 | Should he not have acquired a deep mental calm and certainty ? |
| 10 | If there is indeed any foundation for these fears — which I do not at all suppose , for why should he not have contacted me if he was in such trouble ? — I shall settle the matter at once . |
| 11 | If they did not let her see him until they both appeared before the prince , what wild errors might he not commit in his insecurity ? |
| 12 | She was suffering as he must have suffered ; and if he knew her pain might he not come to her , as she had so often come to him , gently reminding her that despair was an unavoidable but essential ordeal , of the quest ? |
| 13 | The longed-for mistress of his heart was in his arms at last , soft and apparently willing , and if her lovemaking was as fiery as the rest of her , what delights might he not taste ? |
| 14 | Rather than railing against American policy in Vietnam in 1966 – 67 , might he not have attempted to mediate a solution to the conflict ? |
| 15 | Rather than warning Arabs and Israelis not to attack one another , might he not have used his influence in Arab capitals to resolve the problem in the Straits of Tiran ? |
| 16 | With this one issue so heavy on his mind , might he not have muttered some confused reference to it in his dreams ? |
| 17 | A momentary disorientation took him when he found that not only could he not move , but that he was staring straight up at the sky , and there appeared to be no ground underneath him . |
| 18 | Could he not open his eyes on a better scene , a less sordid spectacle ? |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , Kathleen , how could he not love you ? |
| 20 | Could he not deliver just one of them , he had asked , looking at Goibniu slyly from the corners of his eyes . |
| 21 | How could he not recognize his own brother ? |
| 22 | Could he not excoriate |
| 23 | Could he not have issued a warning ? " |
| 24 | Could he not have married you ? ’ |
| 25 | Why could he not have foreseen what we see now ? |
| 26 | Could he not withdraw the promise on finding himself in straitened circumstances , or on falling out with P , or because she had married a wealthy man ? suppose then that D's promise is to pay the money ’ so long as you remain unmarried . ’ |
| 27 | What could he not accomplish ? |
| 28 | Could he not see how much good it was doing his godmother ? |
| 29 | Could he not trust her a little , just a little ? |
| 30 | How dare he not know that ? |