Example sentences of "n't [pers pn] be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | she said , why ca n't you be a normal mother and just want chocolates or perfume ? |
| 2 | Would n't it be a good idea for the Labour Party in those places to check whether all the expats were legitimately registered ? |
| 3 | I mean , since it 's Christmas would n't it be a good idea to invoke a Sanity Clause against the entire Cabinet , committing the whole damn lot of them to some underfunded and desperate NHS asylum ? |
| 4 | that 's something else which you might find , a lot of the time in er literature about interaction with children , you might find that er where parents are asking their children to do something , like if they 're playing a game , you might find some You 'll find that mothers and fathers talk differently to sons and daughters er so you start off with a direct ac action like Put that one there , if they 're playing lego or something , straight prom Put that on there down to er Would n't it be a good idea to put that on there down to Could you put that on there or Let's put it on there . |
| 5 | We were getting on famously by half-way round the second circuit and Dod was digging in to a case of canned lager he 'd hidden under his stool , then Martin said would n't it be a good idea if we actually played something . |
| 6 | Would n't it be a poor thing to have the man close his shop and walk back for a kind of half-hearted snack . |
| 7 | But would n't it be a wonderful New Year gesture if the Government declared here and now that the first few million will be set aside to save St Bart 's . |
| 8 | In the meantime , would n't it be a wonderful kick in the teeth for the ‘ platinum clubs ’ if the first Premier silverware went to Norwich . |
| 9 | HAVING JUST read the article by Audrey Hepburn on the starving children in Somalia ( they need £10m just until Christmas ) , would n't it be a wonderful gesture to donate the proceeds from the Children in Need Appeal to this cause just for this year ? |
| 10 | And should n't it be an earless anyhow ? |