Example sentences of "[verb] why [verb] [adv] you [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I says to him , I says if you were that interested I says while I 'm watching I says why do n't you come and see , I says , give us a shake |
| 2 | Listen why do n't you let us pull the door to nan |
| 3 | Look why do n't you do the colouring for now and then I 'll help you do that in a little while when I 've done this bingo ? |
| 4 | And I said , look why do n't you meet me in front of Conway Hall and kill me then , it would save so much time . |
| 5 | Well look why do n't you have one of these then you can do it properly . |
| 6 | There 's some on the floor there look why do n't you take that downstairs , and use it . |
| 7 | ‘ Caro , for God 's sake , if you have n't got anything better to do why do n't you help us ? |
| 8 | so I said if you go up and see Pat I said I 'm sure Pat will say well you know why do n't you use the kitchen and come and live in |
| 9 | Anyway , it did win , and the wife was saying why did n't you bet it , why did n't you back it to win ! |
| 10 | Well I 'm , I 'm the same , I was talking to Rob the other day and er , I forget how I mentioned it , but I said something about , oh I think it 's because I was saying why do n't you come up like this week because he 's off this week , and er , he was making some excuse or other , oh I 've got three weeks off in the summer , oh I 'd sooner come up when I 've got this longest spell off , you know , and I want to get this chimney done and blah , blah |
| 11 | Oh love why did n't you tell Mummy ? |
| 12 | Why do n't you come why do n't you come . |
| 13 | Called me , he 's called me a college crappy , he goes why do n't you go back , he goes , why do n't you go back to college , you college crappy . |
| 14 | Said why did n't you knock him back . |
| 15 | So so when he 'd done it he said well two hundred and fifty quid I heard him and he said but I suppose you know the of it oh I do n't know and he said why did n't you do it ? |
| 16 | She was annoyed , she said why did n't you get here earlier ? |
| 17 | " I said why do n't you leave him alone . " |
| 18 | The Lord spoke to me right there in the church and said why do n't you go ? |
| 19 | I said why do n't you go and sit down there . |
| 20 | and like Helen , well Helen said why do n't you wait until you move , and I said well that might not be all that , you know |
| 21 | but I saw him on the television last week , breakfast T V , not last week , week before , just before I got into work , and this woman on the television asking this stupid question , she said why do n't you put any opposition up in Parliament , and he hit the roof , but what the television did , they did n't switch off when he played bloody hell with 'em , excuse my French er President , but this is how it went , he could n't give a damn about you bloody lot , he kept the television on , it just showed his frustration . |
| 22 | And Martin keep fucking on and on , and one day she come in here , and she said why do n't you clean ? |
| 23 | So Tom 's , she going to Tom she said why do n't you come Tom ? |
| 24 | And she said why do n't you come swimming with us Rick ? |
| 25 | He told me that he 'd got a good home , or he 'd had a good home , and he just I said why do n't you live there ? |
| 26 | So erm and here 's another thing as well , she says erm I said why do n't you pack this job in like ? |
| 27 | Oh w oh w er have to , up the top , you know those two she said why do n't you take your gates off like us , I said why should I ? |
| 28 | But they sort of , I mean I say , they love the kids and they love , you know , doing anything with them , but , they wo n't , and Dave said why do n't you take , oh I 'd love to do golf , and Dave says well bloody well do it , what 's stopping you ? |
| 29 | You would see a likely customer er likely one come in , you 'd say why do n't you come here , we only meet upstairs . |
| 30 | Then I used to go round the fucking I 'd say why did n't you waken me be |