Example sentences of "n't we [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Learning to understand how your dog 's mind works makes things much easier , so why ca n't we welcome someone — like a home visitor — prepared to explain the quickest way to do this ? |
| 2 | Ca n't we smell the opiate of the people again ? |
| 3 | Trying to drag her arm free , she gritted , ‘ And why do n't we want to be seen ? ’ |
| 4 | Do n't we want write and in fact get him to come to the next meeting then |
| 5 | If they do n't we will tough it out because we are healthy and strong and can go at it with determination and gusto . |
| 6 | No we do n't we separate right at the bottom of this hill . |
| 7 | Group pick up is very handy , if you 're with a large bunch of people in a large office , you can get together and say , ‘ Right , why do n't we answer everybody 's telephones if they 're not there , let's not just leave them ringing ’ , Okay , so you get together and you ask me and say , ‘ Right , this , this , this , this extension ’ , it could be up to 40 extensions , ‘ We all want to be in the same group pick up ’ , so what happens is the phone rings , but another one rings . |
| 8 | So we shall have lemon chicken , stuffed mushrooms , we had something else did n't we last time ? |
| 9 | Why do n't we locate them in the middle of , of fields ? why do they have them at all ? |
| 10 | The real question is why , why do n't we pay staff er direct transfer into bank accounts ? |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't we pay anything ? |
| 12 | Do n't we pay you enough that you have to go into the courier business ? ’ |
| 13 | Why ca n't we pay for that here ? |
| 14 | ‘ Ca n't we settle this constitutionally , with a debate and a referendum ? ’ |
| 15 | Yes Chairer , why do n't we pat ourselves on our , on the back about this it would it be useful i in in the the report , a further report that 's gon na come forward if there could be some indication as to actual format that was adopted when a person goes to one of his welfare panels , cos I 've been to three and there does n't seem to be any consistency whatsoever in the way that things occur or whatever ! |
| 16 | You may ask me then : ‘ Why do n't we do just that ? why has there been this passionate search for some other method of preventing the fall in the value of money or controlling the fall in the value of money , if a cause and perhaps the major cause is undisputed , assessable and obvious ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Ca n't we do lions or something for a change ? ’ |
| 18 | Suddenly one would leap onto a bale of hay and exclaim , ‘ I know , kids , why do n't we do the show right here … ? ’ |
| 19 | And I said to myself : ‘ Why ca n't we do the same thing in Lebanon ? ’ |
| 20 | And I said to myself : ‘ Why ca n't we do the same thing in Lebanon ? ’ |
| 21 | The question is not what can we do about the greenhouse effect , but why do n't we do anything ? |
| 22 | Would n't we do anything for a loved one to take us in his or her arms ? |
| 23 | Why did n't we do the foul deed there , rather than risk facing a rugby team of accusing fingers at the inquest ? |
| 24 | I know it sounds a bit potty , but why should n't we do that ? |
| 25 | The Orient Express is a lovely idea but , could n't we do it some other time ? |
| 26 | They tend to say , ‘ Ca n't we do one satellite interview that covers the whole of Europe ? ’ |
| 27 | What did n't we do ? |
| 28 | Why do n't we do it ? ’ and we all agreed rather tentatively that it might be a good idea . |
| 29 | Could n't we do it with him ? |
| 30 | If it 's a fun day why do n't we do a game or something . |