Example sentences of "n't this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Why ca n't this Sebastian look after his own dog ? ’ |
2 | T : Does n't this bloke play golf in his leisure time ? |
3 | ‘ Has n't this door been locked ever since I put that coat up ? ’ |
4 | The kitschy Sixties strip routines are , er , amusing — but was n't this kind of thing supposed to belong in Fenn 's pre-Lynch past ? |
5 | What 's the , what 's , w why is n't this kind of process easy ? |
6 | Does n't this kind of dancing meet with your approval ? ’ |
7 | It 's totally different from radio-controlled flying where there is n't this link . |
8 | Now er w w with every respect , to say that he survived it is something of a crass statement , because I remember reading about him thinking is n't this country getting good that we can have a black guardsman , and I remember my own disappointment when I read that he had to leave the regiment . |
9 | tell us why was n't this country ready |
10 | why do n't this country wake up ? |
11 | But I thought … is n't this Chelsea Barracks … the Brigade of Guards ? ’ |
12 | ‘ Is n't this candlelight romantic , ’ Susan said . |
13 | I do wish the Americans had n't this love of trainloads of initial letters to designate an organization . |
14 | Why wo n't this government adopt a similar law for this country ? |
15 | Mr Enright asked : ‘ If a principal duty of government is the prevention of crime , has n't this government failed spectacularly and should n't the Prime Minister immediately announce he will set up a Royal Commission to make urgent proposals to prevent this ? |
16 | I do detect a certain er levity here I would point out that it is now twenty five past nine and we still have n't this afternoon 's business . |
17 | ‘ Is n't this fun ? ’ laughed Carol . |
18 | Is n't this fun ? ’ |
19 | IS N'T THIS FUN ! |
20 | Is n't this fun ! |
21 | Why wo n't this go back in ? |
22 | Someone cleverer or luckier than he was had noticed that the way to make money was n't this way , risking the mice and the drought and the locusts , managing the men and the beasts and all the complexity of arrangements that ended here , in the yard , with crushed cane and coarse syrup fit for refining . |
23 | Why ca n't this man go off and play with his money elsewhere on a Saturday afternoon ? |
24 | P.B. But is n't this part of English Department work ? |
25 | Is n't this part of Van der Plank 's |
26 | I 'm sure it was n't this year . |
27 | No well does n't this year and Michelle probably he does n't either because he 's on holiday at |
28 | Well they did n't this year . |
29 | Is n't this invitation the perfect opportunity to reward yourself with a little self-indulgence ? |
30 | But does n't this conclusion directly breach the principle of closure ? |