Example sentences of "[not/n't] [pron] have [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why , should n't I have done that ? ’ |
| 2 | Why could n't I have had that last time ! |
| 3 | Could n't you have kept quiet ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 've just reached the moment when Susanna is getting into the bath — could n't you have chosen another time to visit ? |
| 5 | I 'm often asked ‘ Could n't we have done this ourselves without Doctus ? ’ |
| 6 | but my argument was why could n't they have done that last Friday ? |
| 7 | ‘ James , you 're doing an excellent job for the Maurin defence , but why could n't he have kidnapped one old woman and killed the other ? ’ |
| 8 | My God , could n't he have chosen another family . |