Example sentences of "[verb] why [verb] not [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In case mister police-y man decides to stop us and say why have n't you put your seat-y belt on Mrs M Mrs woman ? |
| 2 | I have consistently said why do n't they allow er , councils to spend the receipts from council houses on building new houses , and I 've never been impressed with the replies nor the reasons . |
| 3 | She says why do n't I go out there on a visit . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Listen why do n't you let us pull the door to nan |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Well look why do n't you have one of these then you can do it properly . |
| 9 | There 's some on the floor there look why do n't you take that downstairs , and use it . |
| 10 | ‘ Caro , for God 's sake , if you have n't got anything better to do why do n't you help us ? |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | And if you look back at the minutes and then Yona I think she 's great as the secretary because she does n't let anything go but on the other hand she 's pretty informal about and the way th that over the weeks you know somebody er Julie or June or Mervia Ann come up with the suggestion that they maybe feel why do n't we do this and then by the next week it 's turned into a a rally or a big picket or or a record . |
| 13 | 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 ! |
| 14 | I heard Brad having a conversation again today about Ooh I do n't feel ye I heard him saying why do n't we feel very happy about this and not and not happy with the subjects and I do n't feel very happy about running the session so go up this way he 's never done the work you see so he 's trying to learn it from i instructions and things and a lot of the time you need to have actually done it to be able to talk about it |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | Oh love why did n't you tell Mummy ? |
| 17 | Why do n't you come why do n't you come . |
| 18 | Tt with the aid of the good general the er United Nations army and the South Koreans pushed the North Koreans back into North Korea and er MacArthur 's view was well while we 're winning why do n't we keep going , you know , perhaps we could take over China as well |
| 19 | because , in fact every time I get one from someone else I always think why have n't I gone and got some of those yet ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ Then someone asked why did n't I start an organisation selling extraordinary buildings ? |
| 22 | I mean why does n't he say something about it ? |
| 23 | Well look , I mean why do n't I leave it to you to get in contact with |
| 24 | So you might think why do n't I make it easy and make it one square . |
| 25 | Well that 's what I said why did n't they surround it a mile away . |
| 26 | I said why did n't we have one big camp , for Christ 's sake . |
| 27 | When I said why did n't 'e go an' get it back 'isself , 'e said do n't ask questions . |
| 28 | However , she had met a very nice lady from Pinner who said why did n't she come along with the Lionisers ' visit to Fort House that afternoon . |
| 29 | Said why did n't you knock him back . |
| 30 | 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 ? |