Example sentences of "[not/n't] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Do not we owe it to all our children , right across the country and irrespective of their primary schools , to identify their needs , strengths and weaknesses at an early age ? |
2 | ‘ Did n't I tell you about that ? ’ |
3 | ‘ Did n't I tell you about that ? ’ |
4 | Did n't I tell you about that ? |
5 | I have a mind , why ca n't I use it to some good in a way that will give me satisfaction if nothing else ? |
6 | ‘ No , of course not , but ca n't — wo n't I see you before that ? ’ |
7 | Does n't she owe it to this house and to the people before they vote on Thursday , to give a straight answer to a straight question : what precisely is she going to do about the Poll Tax ? |
8 | Why , why would n't she thank you for that ? |
9 | ‘ Have n't you seen him at all ? ’ |
10 | ‘ Could n't you move him to another job occasionally ? ’ she said , with a sudden burst of inspiration . |
11 | Why do n't you give her till half past three ? |
12 | ‘ Of course it 's me — why have n't you phoned me before this ? ’ |
13 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me about that job . ’ |
14 | ‘ But … why did n't you tell me about this before ? |
15 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me about this before ? ’ |
16 | ‘ Why did n't you tell them about that ghastly couple — Grimwood and Steve ? |
17 | " Now why do n't you tell us about this Irish Republican Army , " Tom Rooney said to the gunman . |
18 | oh , ca n't you swop it for another day ? |
19 | He was no more blind than you or I. Did n't you recognize him for that man we gave a ride to on the road ? |
20 | Really , Sophie , do n't you trust me in any way at all ? |
21 | ‘ Do n't you know me at all ? ’ |
22 | Erm why do n't you like it like that ? |
23 | ‘ Why do n't you ask him about that ? ’ |
24 | Good God , Edward , if you had the power to end this war , would n't you seize it with both hands ? |
25 | Well , ca n't you see it on that ? |
26 | Why ca n't we leave them in that water ? |
27 | Why do n't we leave it at that ? ’ |
28 | Ca n't we leave it at that ? |
29 | Why do n't we take it to some safe place a hundred miles away and dump it at the bottom of the deep blue sea ? ’ |
30 | Well yeah did n't we find her on that , I tell you |