Example sentences of "[not/n't] she [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She also wants to exercise to improve muscle tone during this period ; she can then see what shape she is in at the end of the year before she decides whether or not she really does need to lose those extra 4 lb ( 1.8 kg ) . |
| 2 | Cleo asked impulsively , unsure whether or not she really wanted to . |
| 3 | Did n't she , were n't she well oiled ? |
| 4 | Did n't she even want time to think things over ? |
| 5 | Had n't she just come on to two guys in two days ? |
| 6 | Is n't she just like a lovely little mouse , so sweet you could eat her ? ’ |
| 7 | Once she 'd put the phone down on him the previous night she 'd regretted her skittish way with him , and , after a heart-to-heart with Marlin in which she 'd told him she wanted to go back to England , and he 'd replied that it would all seem different in the morning and why did n't she just take a pill and lie down , she 'd decided to call him back . |
| 8 | ‘ And does n't she just love it ? |
| 9 | Should n't she just accept that her feelings about her mother 's lifestyle were irrational , stick to her original plan , keep everything on a cool , semi-formal basis , do the job and go home ? |
| 10 | Why could n't she just ignore him ? she wondered despairingly . |
| 11 | Had n't she just described the truly religious man , someone in the world but not of it ? |
| 12 | Why did n't she just leave , Charlie was used to it . |
| 13 | Why could n't she just leave things and be coolly polite ? |
| 14 | I said I did n't think her opinion was worth very much : if that was the opinion she had of her husband then naturally he preferred someone who admired , loved , trusted and desired him , and why did n't she just go away ? |
| 15 | And Mrs McMahon , who naturally had n't seen it because had n't she just this minute arrived back from the village and was n't the dress still in its bag , looked up at the three hovering on the stairs as though it were a divine deliverance , mumbled vaguely about a headache coming on , and thankfully abandoned her responsibilities to whoever was willing to take them on . |
| 16 | And after all — as far as Silas was concerned — was n't she just one of the rest of the crowd ? |
| 17 | But why does n't she just shut up and get on with it , like everybody else ? |
| 18 | It would be easy enough to ask him straight if there was any truth in it , so why did n't she just come on out and ask ? |
| 19 | Why could n't she just relax and enjoy the evening , like everyone else ? |
| 20 | Why would n't she just tell him instead of giving those long , mournful glances ? |
| 21 | she could n't she just did n't smile every time like , she was it 's like , I think it 's something to do with , sounds like it 's something to do with the parents maybe . |
| 22 | erm she 's got a family Margaret , she said she wo n't go there any more she I , I do n't know whether that er Jean does so Did n't she just cotton on quickly , she said do you know that , I said why do I want anybody wandering in my house and my kitchen , I said it 's a bit like it 's clean , why should I have somebody sort of , well I mean just because I 'm doing cooking , she said you would n't stop fancy one , you never know , she said well unless you want to stop at the , please do n't , you 'll let me still have your jam wo n't you ? |
| 23 | Julia felt nothing for that child , she did n't like her , she did n't hate her , I mean she , she did n't she just felt nothing cos that 's precisely what she told me , that 's her words , not mine , you know and I find then , that , she should n't be a childminder |
| 24 | Is n't she good ? |
| 25 | ‘ Is n't she rather old ? ’ |
| 26 | Is n't she rather attractive , the girl harpist : has he noticed the bend of her white swan neck , the discreet flicker of her fingers ; wondered how the neck would seem , the fingers flicker , in more intimate a situation ? |
| 27 | Is n't she here ? ’ |
| 28 | Why is n't she here ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Is n't she here ? ’ |
| 30 | Was n't she nice to you ? ’ |