Example sentences of "why [modal v] [not/n't] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Samuel Sharp in his History of Stamford of 1847 says : ‘ It is most likely … that certain localities … were set apart by the Druids for the assemblage of their pupils and disciples : and why may not Stamford be one of these ? ’ |
| 2 | And why must n't Phena know anything about them ? |
| 3 | Yet if they were referring to a legitimate title , why should not Pilate have been doing so as well ? |
| 4 | If Richard was to step into his dead brother 's shoes then why should not John — for as yet John was still Lackland — step into Richard 's shoes ? |
| 5 | Why should n't Sally look nice too ? ’ |
| 6 | Washington , Jefferson and six other Virginians besides have led our nation ; so why should n't President Charles Sherman in about thirty-five years ' time — say round about nineteen sixty — be sitting in the White House ? |
| 7 | Why should n't Fanshawe just have said to his wife , ‘ This young lady has missed her last train and since she lives in London I said we 'd give her a lift ’ ? |
| 8 | Why should n't Gay come to Sunset Cottage , and sink or swim with them ? |
| 9 | Why should , why should n't Annie and me mum ? |
| 10 | ‘ That couple crossed the line and lived together — why should n't Gittel and I ? ’ |
| 11 | Why , he thought , why could n't Blagg have gone out of town , to some place he knew , like Hereford or … |
| 12 | Why could n't Lee keep his mouth shut ? |
| 13 | Now why , why could n't Philip have prayed for the people ? |
| 14 | Why could n't Philip pray for them ? |
| 15 | Why could n't Doctor Jekyll make any more of the drug ? |
| 16 | Why could n't Jim see that it 's the little things that make all the difference ? |
| 17 | Why could n't Ali forget the pig business ? |
| 18 | Why could n't Wilson stand up to the allies , why could n't had stand up to Clements or Lloyd George , in particular ? |
| 19 | Now why could n't Shakespeare have told that , Tolkien must have reflected , instead of bothering with King Lear ! |
| 20 | Why could n't God let bygones be bygones ? |
| 21 | Why could n't Joe let her sit in the fireside armchair in the living-room so that she 'd at least have company ? |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | Why could not Wales have taken care of him as efficiently as Ireland had of Roger ? |
| 24 | Why would n't Bella learn ? |
| 25 | If Ferguson can regularly play Giggs , Sharpe et al why ca n't Wilko give Whelan a go in midfield consistently given the current Rocky/Wilko disagreement ? |
| 26 | Asda sells hi-fis , TVs , videos , alarm clocks and other electrical goods , so why ca n't Sainsbury 's ? ’ |
| 27 | Well why ca n't if John and Jim ai n't gon na go Marie 's not gon na go , why ca n't Cheryl still go and then |
| 28 | Well why ca n't Nora walk to it ? |
| 29 | " The Eurasian women are managing all right so why ca n't Miss Hughes ? " |
| 30 | Well ca n't , why ca n't Michael help ? |