Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] n't we [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Trying to drag her arm free , she gritted , ‘ And why do n't we want to be seen ? ’ |
2 | If it 's a problem with numbers and why do n't we extend the numbers on the panel ? |
3 | ‘ And why do n't we have a bottle of champagne sent up ? ’ |
4 | I suppose a couple of centuries ago most of the commercial production of energy , if you could call it that two centuries ago , was via windmills and perhaps watermills , but why do n't we go back to wind power ? |
5 | The question is not what can we do about the greenhouse effect , but why do n't we do anything ? |
6 | ‘ Yes , I think so , but why do n't we take my car ? ’ |
7 | ‘ I 'm sorry you 're miffed because I do n't want to sell and I 'm sorry our views on the nuisance value of my workshop conflict , ’ Ashley said , ‘ but why do n't we wait until the villas are occupied and take a vote among the owners ? |
8 | But why do n't we know anything about them ? |
9 | But why did n't we get the best housing ? |