Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] not [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 ? |
2 | I honestly did n't I just brought it up . |
3 | Veronica came up did n't she yesterday to see where her er has Sally got her stuff please . |
4 | Well did n't you just have |
5 | Well do n't they usually attack ? |
6 | Well do n't I just go the next one great than three ? |
7 | and I said I said to Bob I said well , you know said well had n't you better get cos Shirley had had a go at Bob first off , before when , when I went in there first thing . |
8 | But does n't does n't it often work out though that the people who erm need more training , often are the ones that have resisted going on training in the past . |
9 | " Then had n't you better let me in ? " |
10 | ‘ If — as you seem to think — I 'm not — exclusive , then does n't it also figure that experience might have taught me discernment , selectivity ? |
11 | The use of a ‘ killer phrase ’ such as ‘ Well , if that 's such a great idea , why has n't someone else done it ? ’ is like telling a parent that their child has no talent . |
12 | But the RCA executive just said ‘ If that 's such a good idea , why has n't someone else tried it ’ . |
13 | Yes I do think you need to why do n't you just try dishing it up out of the thing ? |
14 | Why did n't we just check things in at the beginning and check things out at the end ? |
15 | Why did n't they just stop at the sea ? |
16 | And why did n't they just pad you — why did you have to put on weight specially for it ? |
17 | He knew it was what they wanted to do , what they had planned to do , so why did n't they just do it then ? |
18 | However , they were originally scheduled for different nights , but it has always been possible for this scenario to arrise , so why did n't they just schedule the matches to be played at the same time no matter what ? |
19 | Why did n't they just dismount ? ’ |
20 | ‘ 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 . |
21 | Why did n't they just cancel the whole thing ? ’ |
22 | Fabian grumbles : ‘ Ah , why did n't I just go to Hungary as well … |
23 | Why did n't I just post them to her ? |
24 | Of course , you 'd read of these places and screwed up your nose in disgust and said such things should n't be permitted , and why did n't someone else do something about it . |
25 | Why did n't she just leave , Charlie was used to it . |
26 | I said I did n't think her opinion was worth very much : if that was the opinion she had of her husband then naturally he preferred someone who admired , loved , trusted and desired him , and why did n't she just go away ? |
27 | 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 ? |
28 | Once she 'd put the phone down on him the previous night she 'd regretted her skittish way with him , and , after a heart-to-heart with Marlin in which she 'd told him she wanted to go back to England , and he 'd replied that it would all seem different in the morning and why did n't she just take a pill and lie down , she 'd decided to call him back . |
29 | Why did n't he just stay where he was behind the vehi Everyone else was taking their time . |
30 | Why did n't he just go while she could still maintain some degree of composure , this deliberate distancing of herself from the rapture that had possessed her before the telephone rang ? |