Example sentences of "[conj] why do n't [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Or why do n't you give mum the money and put it all through , no no I better not no . |
2 | or why do n't you have erm , get the girls to pay a percentage of the bill , get them to note down all the calls they make and work it out , that 's a way of doing it |
3 | Trying to drag her arm free , she gritted , ‘ And why do n't we want to be seen ? ’ |
4 | If it 's a problem with numbers and why do n't we extend the numbers on the panel ? |
5 | ‘ And why do n't we have a bottle of champagne sent up ? ’ |
6 | See , her husband takes her shopping on a Saturday to Asda and and why do n't you go , I do n't know whether they all been together or what ? |
7 | Thank you for coming to talk to me , and why do n't you come with me to this thing this evening ? |
8 | ‘ Well , thanks very much , ’ said Dolly , ‘ and why do n't you try and get me a spare face as well , seein' you do n't like the one I 've got ? ’ |
9 | ‘ And why do n't you stick to what I pay you for ? ’ he retorted irritably , heading back to his office . |
10 | And why do n't you take your cup as well ? |
11 | ‘ And why do n't you like her , my sweet ? ’ |
12 | ‘ And why do n't you know your lines ? ’ |
13 | But why do n't they want the stable lads to know what weights ? |
14 | ‘ But why do n't they do something ? ’ |
15 | 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 ? |
16 | The question is not what can we do about the greenhouse effect , but why do n't we do anything ? |
17 | ‘ Yes , I think so , but why do n't we take my car ? ’ |
18 | ‘ 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 ? |
19 | But why do n't we know anything about them ? |
20 | But why do n't I tell him myself ? |
21 | ‘ I 'll admit anything you like — but why do n't you start using your brains for a change ? ’ he told her roughly . |
22 | Your worse than Albert , but why do n't you go to front of bloody paper . |
23 | ‘ But why do n't you want to go to Gran 's ? ’ |
24 | ‘ But why do n't you wear your hair down ? |
25 | But why do n't you allow them to run a similar course there because it would mean more student members |
26 | ‘ But why do n't you let me cook it ? |
27 | ‘ But why do n't you use the goddam bog ? ’ someone says . |
28 | But why do n't you use the other one ? |