Example sentences of "[not/n't] they [adv] " in BNC.

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1 They 're not them though .
2 It 's so annoying when they just come up to your window whether you want it cleaned or not they just clean it .
3 But I am convinced — from what I have seen and what my commonsense tells me — that more often than not they simply tilt towards the bait at a slight angle and suck it to their lips from distances up to nine inches , a process of vacuuming which they may repeat several times before attempting to swallow the bait .
4 Do not they also draw attention to the willingness of some countries and some parties to sign up to measures that they have no intention of implementing ?
5 A fair conclusion might be that Kennedy found it helpful — perhaps therapeutic — to talk to Ormsby-Gore and Macmillan whether or not they basically influenced his thinking .
6 I do n't know exactly where this came from , or even whether or not they really were fat .
7 decide whether or not they really need to be on that site for fourteen hours or can they do what they need to do in four ?
8 Can not they too be committed to the view that philosophy must deal with matters of fact , and that to claim something as a matter of fact one must be able to state what observations would in principle establish its truth or falsity ?
9 A total of 363 exhibition visitors ( 99% of all respondents ) indicated whether or not they ever used the Library as a reader .
10 The tendency of working-class women to respond positively or non-committally to a question about ‘ liking ’ housework ( whether or not they actually experience a basic dissatisfaction ) may be one reason why other researchers have concluded that fundamental social class differences exist on this dimension .
11 It must be remembered they must pay on maturity , whether or not they actually receive the covering funds from the seller , having been paid for the underlying commercial transaction by the buyer .
12 Although it may be correct to say that when the Accounts were audited they ‘ gave ’ a true and fair view of the company 's financial position it is difficult to say whether or not they now ‘ give ’ a true and fair view .
13 I mean it 's not they way you expect it either , yeah , paradigm means example of pattern of , reflection of noun , hence parasite , big .
14 Tell me , Sir Robert , that you have n't them here … ’
15 Why are n't they closer to what it is to be an actor ?
16 I want this one cos I do n't they probably have n't got any
17 They 're so particular are n't they sometime but there you are Chair , Chairman I 'm grateful er from the indications that have been already made by a number of speakers that they are amenable to the contents of this amendment .
18 ‘ Magister , if the Quintans curse their God , wo n't they also curse the God-Emperor ? ’
19 Do n't they also have problems with the , with the er the drinks ?
20 Were they ever professional , boy , did they ever work hard , well , did n't they just talk and work as if that melodrama of near separation had never happened .
21 Why , he asks , do n't they just pour the water on the floor and machine-gun it ?
22 Ca n't they just trim them ? ’
23 Why had n't they just put a notice up on the screen half through the scene she was shooting when she died , saying this has to stop somewhere ?
24 Could n't they just ease up a little ?
25 Of course the legendary Super Champ ( why do n't they just bring it back and be done with it ) was the nearest thing to a ‘ Boogie in a matchbox ’ ( or , for that matter , why do n't Boogie ? ) and I suppose the Champ 12 forms an obvious transitional link between that and this new model .
26 Why could n't they just leave well alone and let pupils concentrate on the three Rs ?
27 And why did n't they just pad you — why did you have to put on weight specially for it ?
28 Do n't they just think the world of themselves ? ’
29 Why ca n't they just ransom me ?
30 Er , why ca n't they just look at , er do a means test for child benefit ?
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