Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [vb base] n't you [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fair , I mean — why do n't you cheat too ? ’ |
| 2 | Why do n't you clear away while me and Martin have a chat ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Why do n't you sit there and have a rest , while I clear up ? ’ suggested Loretta . |
| 4 | " Why do n't you stay indoors and learn to cook and sew and wash clothes ? " |
| 5 | Well , Tiffany , why do n't you stay here ? |
| 6 | Well Jodie wanted to come with us and I phoned up and they could n't get her in so then she started saying well why do n't you stay here mum , and all that , I said yeah just when it bloody suits her she wants you to cook her dinner , said she 'd have been she should have I said she 'd be prepared to pay it , I 've already got her a seat she said |
| 7 | ‘ Why do n't you move away or shut up , ’ he shouted . |
| 8 | So why do n't you move away , Sam ? |
| 9 | Why do n't you bring either Martha or Lydia with you for company ? |
| 10 | ‘ Why do n't you start now ? |
| 11 | ‘ Look , why do n't you go ashore as planned ? |
| 12 | And she offered the book again , and he said , ‘ Why do n't you go away and do something intelligent like read a book . ’ |
| 13 | The Queen shouted : ‘ Why do n't you go away ? ’ at the crowd of hacks while Prince Charles heckled : ‘ A very happy New Year , and to your editors a particularly nasty one ! ’ |
| 14 | Why do n't you go away and leave me to it ? ’ |
| 15 | Why do n't you go right ahead and get the details , and then we 'll be in touch again ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Why do n't you go outside and try to talk it to death ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Well , why do n't you go too , Celia ? ’ she came back totally unfazed . |
| 18 | ‘ Why do n't you go home to eat like everyone else ? ’ he said . |
| 19 | ‘ Why do n't you go home and have a nice rest , Pat ? |
| 20 | ‘ Why do n't you go home anyway , and I 'll tell Gesner he must report to your house at a certain time . |
| 21 | Why do n't you go home and |
| 22 | Well why do n't , why do n't you go then ? |
| 23 | Why do n't you stop here for the morning ? |
| 24 | We had a glimpse of that with ‘ Nothing Compares 2 U ’ ( she cried , we cried too … ) and she does n't staunch the flow ( ‘ Can you really say you 're not in pain , like me ? ’ — ‘ Speech ’ ’ ) Do n't be fooled by the slight swagger of ‘ Why Do n't You Do Right ? ’ , the fragile , breathy innocence of her ‘ Bewitched , Bothered And Bewildered ’ , we 're just warming up to those where's-my-baby-blues of ‘ Black Coffee ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ So why do n't you do just that ? ’ said Harvey . |
| 26 | Why do n't you settle here ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Why do n't you walk home along the beck ? ’ she suggested . |
| 28 | ‘ Why do n't you cry again , you fool ? ’ |
| 29 | How many lorries can you count , one , one , one , that 's all we can count , why do n't you jump instead of turning round |
| 30 | ‘ Why do n't you bust right through the wall next time . ’ |