Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [pron] [adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | Did n't 'e ever find out ? ’ the carman asked . |
2 | ‘ It was the time they started sending memos out to referees , and I said straight why did n't they just get on with administration and leave us to do the bloody job on the field . |
3 | 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 ? |
4 | 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 ? |
5 | ‘ Then why do n't we simply drive back ? |
6 | turning over , I ca n't be bothered why do n't we just carry on |
7 | Perhaps this is a sign of Gill 's effect on me — that nowadays I can say something like , ‘ Why do n't we just take off ? ’ |
8 | But he 's not the sort of person that 'll say ah yeah we 've been doing this for a little while , why do n't we just take off and go somewhere and fuck it , fuck it , let's just go and do something together he 's the sort of person that they would settle down into this safe little life and , which would n't actually be that safe for Vanessa , it 'd be very very you know , much what Dangerous wants to do . |
9 | Oh well why do n't they just bring down as well you know might as well . |
10 | Do n't they usually come up here on a Saturday night ? |
11 | So why do n't I just go down to that devil-Frenchman 's wagon and see how he likes burning … ’ |
12 | ‘ Why do n't you both come over and have a cup of tea some time ? ’ he suggests . |
13 | Why do n't you both come round |
14 | Why do n't you both come along tomorrow afternoon ? ’ |
15 | So why do n't you both get off prime time telly immediately and make way for the new generation ? |
16 | So why do n't you both get off prime time telly immediately and make way for the new generation ? |
17 | So why do n't you both get off prime time telly immediately and make way for the new generation ? |
18 | Why do n't you just give up and go back down to London ? |
19 | Why do n't you just give up |
20 | ‘ Why do n't you just sit down and tell me the whole story from the beginning . ’ |
21 | Why do n't you just sit down somewhere ? |
22 | Yeah , why do n't you just sit down and have our drink first . |
23 | Why do n't you just piss off and leave me alone . |
24 | Well , for instance ; one night Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor who had called Stella II a skinny black bitch right in the middle of her rendition of ‘ Te Amo ’ , and he meant it , right there in the middle of his number — well Madame not only showed her approval of the assault by conspicuously buying Stella drinks every night for the whole of the following week ; as soon as she saw the fight starting she got off her stool , yanked out the plug on the sound system , hitched up that frock , got straight up on the stage while they were still on the floor ( she knew Stella would sort him out ) and she went into an unforgettable aria of abuse against this stranger which culminated in her eschewing all her usual magnificence of phrasing and just standing there shouting fuck off at him , screaming fuck off , if you do n't like it you can fuck off , E , X , I , T , there it is , you came in through it and now you can fuck off out of it , fuck off out of it why do n't you you stupid bastard ( and by now of course someone had dragged Stella off and we were all up on our chairs cheering while the disgraced stranger made his slow and humiliating exit through the parting crowd ) why do n't you just piss off and insult someone who does n't have the balls to answer back because you 've picked the wrong girls here darling , fuck off that 's it , fucking fuck off , fucking fuck off right through my front door and do n't you ever , do n't you ever , do n't you ever step on my fucking frock again . |
25 | ‘ Why do n't you just piss off , ’ she said curtly . |
26 | ‘ Why do n't you just go on through , Nick , ’ Donna invited me , ‘ and I 'll bring you and Matt your drinkies . ’ |
27 | Why do n't you just go in , sign on and then go out again ? |
28 | No Wh why do n't you just go out ? |
29 | ‘ Why do n't you just ring through to the hairdresser now ? |
30 | ‘ Why do n't you just turn around , get back in that pathetic jeep of yours and go home ? ’ |