Example sentences of "n't they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mm , they are lovely , do n't they warm the room up . |
| 2 | Why did n't they examine my action first ? |
| 3 | So why do n't they admit it ? |
| 4 | ‘ Did n't they treat you as strangers ? ’ |
| 5 | But , ca n't they treat it in this country ? |
| 6 | Do n't they show up what he is ? … alert and benign — he is as good as he is intelligent . |
| 7 | ‘ What do n't they show ? ’ |
| 8 | Why do n't they show us all Britain ? |
| 9 | noticing that they were n't they get , I suppose you get to know who has what and that they thought |
| 10 | ‘ What do n't they think ? ’ is probably more apt . |
| 11 | More importantly , do n't they think their customers deserve to be treated with courtesy and respect ? . |
| 12 | Would n't they think … ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Would n't they think I was a telltale ? ’ |
| 14 | Did n't they think it was cissy ? |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't they think it funny you have to go so often ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't they think we would ? ’ |
| 17 | Occasionally that plan backfired and a genuine neurotic would arrive , soon to engage all and sundry in a lengthy discourse about the cold , the warmth and the fact that the automatic door was n't being automatic why oh why oh why do people keep leaving it open , ca n't they think of others for a change , you 'd have thought it was n't too much trouble … |
| 18 | Did n't they think her capable of adult emotions , of real suffering , genuine worry ? |
| 19 | Quick as lightning , someone outside makes a quip about my bed and Jancey , and she grins and tells them to be serious and asks , do n't they think of anything but sex ? |
| 20 | They like training which they can actually apply , that has practical applications so say if you 're thinking of something like erm motivation styles or something like that , if you were gon na introduce Lounslow I du n no at the motivation there are loads of them one 's Lounslow one 's Hertzberg if you were introducing our training to a pragmatist what would be essential is you could actually show the practical application of it , if you just put forward C V and no practical application the pragmatist would say well this is all very well in theory , but how can I apply it to my job and if they ca n't they think well what 's the value of this . |
| 21 | I only appear on infrequent occasions , so why do n't they think I 'm just a family friend ? ’ |
| 22 | They were singing were n't they remember ? |
| 23 | Er Chris they do n't they tend to I think it 's like a lot of people in the U K I mean you 've got in the machine tools side but like on the on the side , They use use hydrostatics . |
| 24 | Are n't agricultural prices subsidized twice , they 're subsidized to the farmers , so the farmer gets X for growing it which increases the price automatically on the market , but are n't they subsidized so they can be sold abroad ? |
| 25 | Oh , why have n't they done as many as last year ? |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't they give such a lovely smell ! ’ said Mrs Hollidaye . |
| 27 | ‘ Did n't they give chase ? ’ |
| 28 | Damn , damn , damn that bloody newspaper , why could n't they give people five minutes to discuss something important without destroying everything with their hysteria and filthy ridicule ? |
| 29 | I can do the job , so why wo n't they give it to me ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't they give a man in your position better coffee than this , Captain Rudakov ? ’ |