Example sentences of "[Wh adv] do [adv] you [vb infin] your " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do n't you wash your hands in the bathroom ? |
| 2 | ‘ But why do n't you wear your hair down ? |
| 3 | And the same thing , that if a major client like the Health and Safety Executive said to me , Ricky we 're running a regional training week in the last week of November , and we want you for three days , you know , I , I do n't say to them well look you know , well two of those days are catch up days , I ca n't possibly do it , why do n't you move your whole regional training week to next week ? |
| 4 | Why do n't you move your body . |
| 5 | Why do n't you swallow your diamonds and shut up ? |
| 6 | Why do n't you pull your jumper down Geoff ? |
| 7 | PS Nutty 's got a good pair of legs if they 're any use to you , why do n't you slice your way over here to see them ? do n't think he 'd miss them as he 's legless most of the time anyway . |
| 8 | At times he openly despised his boys ; one , who had a passion for candy bars , he nicknamed ‘ Munchpot ’ : ‘ Why do n't you justify your existence , Munchpot , ’ Bobby Hunt heard him say , ‘ and empty the wastepaper basket . ’ |
| 9 | tip your coke , why do n't you tip your coffee back in there and then there 's this coke |
| 10 | ‘ Why do n't you oil your brains ? |
| 11 | I du n no Catherine why do n't you shut your mouth for once . |
| 12 | Why do n't you tidy your things up a little bit ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why do n't you keep your mouth shut ? ’ said Sergeant Comstock , with deep and bitter resignation , and reached for the boat-hook they 'd brought with them . |
| 14 | ‘ Why do n't you keep your nose out of this ? ’ he demanded furiously . |
| 15 | Why do n't you read your dictionaries ? |
| 16 | Those questions seem to me to be inexorably leading to ‘ And while I 'm about it , why do n't you clean your fingernails and wash your hair ? ’ |
| 17 | Well why do n't you have your cholesterol tested . |
| 18 | ‘ And why do n't you know your lines ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Why do n't you get your head down now , Sid ? |
| 20 | Why do n't you get your people … ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Why do n't you get your hair cut for Christmas ? ’ |
| 22 | There 's the classic story of erm at the time of the Cuban missile crisis er Nikita Khrushchev in nineteen sixty two said to Jack Kennedy hey you want us to get our missiles out of Cuba , why do n't you get your missiles out of Turkey ? |
| 23 | ‘ Why do n't you ask your mum if you can take the frill off and I 'll ask mine to alter your dress if it 's all right ? ’ |
| 24 | Perhaps your Pack would like to collect stamps together — why do n't you ask your Brown Owl ? |
| 25 | What country am I in ? ’ ) and probably educate you too ( ’ Um , why do n't you ask your mum , son ? ’ ) . |
| 26 | Now why do n't you take your croaky-faced mate and sod off back to boring boxed set land and bother the world no more ! |
| 27 | She tried to put him at ease : " Why do n't you take your coat off ? " she said . |
| 28 | Oh w oh w er have to , up the top , you know those two she said why do n't you take your gates off like us , I said why should I ? |
| 29 | And why do n't you take your cup as well ? |
| 30 | " Why do n't you put your clothes on right now and get down to Seventh Avenue or Forty-Second Street . |