Example sentences of "[verb] n't [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Has n't everybody ? |
| 2 | has n't , has n't everybody got a sale on ? |
| 3 | Has n't somebody taken mine ? |
| 4 | There 's a war on , or has n't anybody told you ? |
| 5 | ‘ Has n't anybody been looking after you or bringing you food ? ’ |
| 6 | But the RCA executive just said ‘ If that 's such a good idea , why has n't someone else tried it ’ . |
| 7 | The use of a ‘ killer phrase ’ such as ‘ Well , if that 's such a great idea , why has n't someone else done it ? ’ is like telling a parent that their child has no talent . |
| 8 | " Why has n't someone told me this before ? |
| 9 | He is different , Florence Ames thought , he has n't anything to say because he is embarrassed to be with me . |
| 10 | You see now if anything happened er it could be a provost who 'd the district who has n't anything to do with the Galashiels you see , the next one in every probability . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sure it has n't anything to do — ’ |
| 12 | He has n't anything to eat time to eat anything . |
| 13 | Has n't anyone told Mrs Thatcher that bottled water can cost a thousand times as much as water from the tap ? |
| 14 | Has n't anyone ever told you not to shine a torch in someone 's eyes . |
| 15 | Why has n't anyone done it before ? |
| 16 | Has n't anyone told you about this ? ’ he added , with a spark of genuine surprise . |
| 17 | ‘ Has n't anyone asked where he got them from ? ’ inquired Scarlet , who still imagined , in her innocence , that in a developed society blatant wrongdoing could not go unobserved and unmentioned . |
| 18 | ‘ I tried you at home earlier — has n't anyone mended your cable yet ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Emma , has n't anyone told you it 's wrong to harbour grudges ? ’ |
| 20 | Her husband 's none too safe with little girls , or has n't anyone told you that ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Has n't anyone told you it 's not very polite ? |
| 22 | Has n't anyone warned you of the dangers of over-exposure to the sun ? ’ |
| 23 | Has n't anyone ever come unstuck ? |
| 24 | Afterwards he complained bitterly to other government officers of the uselessness of such a DPR , and on being told of my background , retorted angrily , ‘ Why did n't somebody warn me that the man was a bloody missionary ? ’ |
| 25 | Why did n't somebody do something ? |
| 26 | the interesting thing about that is why did n't somebody of his maturity and experience ask for it |
| 27 | She had to find him ; if she did n't something terrible would happen . |
| 28 | This was only part of a general sort of pattern as it were , where people were beginning to impinge on their lives , there was another well-known local alcoholic there who was knocking on doors trying to get money off people , and there 's several elderly people who gave this woman money , because they were frightened that if they did n't something would happen to them . |
| 29 | After all , did n't everyone have their secrets ? |
| 30 | But still — one had to keep an open mind , did n't one ? |