Example sentences of "would n't it " in BNC.
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1 | She begins by recalling a remark made to her a long time ago by Larkin , about difficulties encountered in his private life — a remark which consisted of a joke to do with ‘ the impossibility of relations between men and women ’ , followed by the notion that ‘ women ought really to marry each other ’ , followed by ‘ but that would be wrong , would n't it ? ’ |
2 | That would be ideal , would n't it ? |
3 | The Soviets said to Greenspan , ‘ Look , you 're an expert in currency matters , and would n't it be interesting for us to chat about these things ? ’ |
4 | And would n't it be easier to get their mummies and daddies on the programme to answer the questions ? |
5 | ‘ Would n't it buy something for the girls here or put someone through school even if you did n't want to take it for yourself ? |
6 | If I said I saw sex organs when I looked at your rotten ink blots that would really get you going , would n't it ? |
7 | It would be fun , would n't it , with a picnic ? ’ |
8 | ‘ Why would n't it ? ’ |
9 | Because , if you can , it 'd prove he was there , would n't it ? ’ |
10 | ‘ And would n't it be fun having three legs and being able to go round in a circle like the Isle of Man flag ? ’ |
11 | As one of the party 's rural Deputies put it : ‘ If Ray proves he can do the toughest job in the EC , and he has , would n't it be foolish not to give him the opportunity to run this little country of ours ? ’ |
12 | Would n't it be wonderful if we woke up tomorrow and everyone had become like you ? |
13 | Would n't it be better not to translate Billy 's invitation to come forward , as the people at the Welsh meeting understood English and it allowed a quiet moment between Billy 's phrases ? |
14 | ‘ Would n't it be better to break into the house with Jackie and see for ourselves ? ’ |
15 | Small boy to his father : ‘ Would n't it be useful , Daddy , if they invented a 99p piece . ’ |
16 | Mr Phil Gregory , Labour agent , said yesterday that , at the count , he turned to the beaten Labour candidate , Mr Douglas Naysmith , and said : ‘ Would n't it be ironic if you were beaten by people who had never even set foot in the constituency ? ’ |
17 | Would n't it be fine ? ’ |
18 | It 'll not affect the shops or the trams or nothin' , so do n't you worry my pet lamb … but would n't it be exciting ? ’ |
19 | ‘ Would n't it be fabulous if we could do this every night ? ’ |
20 | Would n't it ? |
21 | Charles Beadle , Beatrice 's neighbour , tells many stories of Modigliani , full of drink and drugs , quarrelling , when he was in the garden with Beatrice innocently discussing the plants ; of Modigliani walking in the cemetery because ‘ death was not far off ’ ( ‘ Would n't it be magnificent ’ , he said to Beadle , if we could contemplate our own skeletons ? ’ ) ; of Modigliani reciting Lautréamont beside the graves , hungry for drugs , suspecting all Beatrice 's male friends . |
22 | The others were very successful and if they continue to be successful it would be nice to hold them regularly , would n't it ? |
23 | ANYONE can make a mistake , so it would be unfair , would n't it , to poke fun at someone who wrote Advisory Committee on Pollution of the Sea ( instead of Protection of the Sea ) . |
24 | Would n't it reflect our publishing strategy better to include AWS in this summary ? |
25 | New Order sell tremendous amounts of records and walk free among the streets of Manchester ) then would n't it be possible for the band to break rock'n'roll traditions by providing alternatives to the old rock show format ? |
26 | Even so , he did ask , ‘ Would n't it be nice to have a Rolls Royce — have you noticed , nobody here has one ? ’ |
27 | ‘ Make things a bit more welcoming for Molly , would n't it ? ’ |
28 | ‘ Oh , would be a pity to keep his lordship waiting , would n't it ? ’ |
29 | Would n't it have been sad if she had lived her life with her mistaken Inner/Outer Face ? |
30 | Would n't it be good to know that if you had an accident , you could be referred — in English to a lawyer or doctor immediately ? |