Example sentences of "[vb past] n't it " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that only lasted a week or two , did n't it ? |
| 2 | It made Lilian feel a lot better in the morning , did n't it , dear ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Anyway , it took your mind off Gazzer for a bit , did n't it ? |
| 4 | ‘ It came from me in the first place , did n't it ? |
| 5 | ‘ No , but it worked , did n't it ? ’ |
| 6 | The line died out , did n't it ? |
| 7 | Donald would pull on his pint ( he had to be fairly drunk in order to even start discussing medicine ) — ‘ In fact , ’ he would say , ‘ turned out to be a bloody brain tumour ‘ did n't it ? ’ |
| 8 | Did n't it ? |
| 9 | This business of being responsible for people had to stop somewhere , did n't it ? |
| 10 | Well , this made his activity all the more comprehensible , did n't it ? |
| 11 | Or did n't it matter ? |
| 12 | ‘ That had you worried did n't it ? ’ he growled . |
| 13 | The paper said she was Italian , did n't it ? ’ |
| 14 | Our intelligence concluded that it was nowhere near comparison with our new Tomcat , did n't it ? ’ |
| 15 | Did n't it put the viewpoint of these people towards the Irish ? |
| 16 | Did n't it make you angry ? |
| 17 | ‘ It made you feel pretty peculiar , did n't it ? ’ |
| 18 | If you did n't think of mentioning this caller to your wife , did n't it even occur to you to mention it to us when you heard what had happened ? ’ |
| 19 | It struck home that , did n't it ? 'cos it was the truth . |
| 20 | Still , it cost Ursula control of the Hair House , did n't it ? |
| 21 | ‘ Did n't it strike you as a strange technique ? ’ |
| 22 | Secondly I think the sad thing is is that at one time the idea of the foyer bar was the fact that er mother 's and children go in for a coffee facility or tea facility now I 'm I 'm one of one of the problems about criticism is is perhaps they do n't know all the facts and one of the facts which I think astounded me was the actual local police stopped that and said that that was n't permissible for if you were selling alcohol then it did n't it was n't right that that children under age and young children were allowed in the same area and that was that was changed then we got a new a new police superintendent and he said it was permissible and then we got another super he went they do n't stay very long in Harlow and we got somebody else came along and he said no that is n't permissible so we got very schizophrenic about what you could do with the foyer bar one minute you could have and the idea of about telling people and there young mothers going shopping come here for coffee , cakes for the children etc stop that we 've now got a new superintendent in Harlow and I think with applied going back to him and saying well please advice us can we or ca n't we ? |
| 23 | That worked out really well , did n't it ? |
| 24 | ‘ It even had a name , that one , did n't it , what was it now ? ’ she asked . |
| 25 | The children were presented with two coloured pictures depicting A and C. In the questions task , children were asked deductive questions of the form : The pillow burst , did n't it ? |
| 26 | ( Expected answer : Because Mary is covered in feathers ) ; and empirical questions of the form : The pillow burst , did n't it ? |
| 27 | It meant she remembered , did n't it , that she 'd thought of you ? ’ |
| 28 | " That shook you , my lord , did n't it . |
| 29 | you know those round chairs with , everything had those legs , those screw on legs , everything the coffee table did n't it ? |
| 30 | They get to work , it started off one of these days did n't it so the lift 's out of order and they work on the top floor , so they 've now got to run up all those stairs , the energy is being used up . |