Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did n't we tell you that ? |
| 2 | Did n't they tell you that ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me all this — at the time ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me all this on Monday ? ’ she asked Celia . |
| 5 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me that ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me that before ? ’ |
| 7 | His face was infuriatingly bland as he answered , ‘ Did n't you tell me that night when I gave you a lift home that your life fairly buzzed with — shall we say — events ? ’ |
| 8 | Why did n't you tell me this before ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me this before ? ’ |
| 10 | Why , why did n't you tell me this ? |
| 11 | ‘ Why did n't you tell us this earlier ? ’ |
| 12 | Did n't you give it any thought before you took up Ms Penumbra 's offer ? ’ |
| 13 | Why did n't you bring them all ? ’ |
| 14 | Did n't you water it this morning , James ? ’ |
| 15 | Then John , , said well did n't you ask her this morning then ! |
| 16 | Did n't I tell her that , Goldie ? ’ demands Minna . |
| 17 | Did n't I tell you that ? |
| 18 | Did n't I tell you that ? |
| 19 | Did n't I tell you this was a special day ? |
| 20 | ‘ Did n't I tell you this was a very special occasion ? ’ |
| 21 | But another thing is you see where Sandra lives , you saying that where she lives is apparently erm P C , now I do n't know him , but she does he lives up the same road and when people park did n't she tell you this when we were coming down ? |
| 22 | Why did n't he give you some Hotpoints ? |
| 23 | Who had n't anybody told him this before ? |
| 24 | His code was no problem ; had n't she seen it enough times anyway when he powered up the network ? |
| 25 | just as cliché haunted Henry 's daily journey to the train , his socks from Marks and Spencers ' , his regular nightly bedtime , his fondness for a cup of tea at ten thirty in the evening , just as he seemed to be destined to be as remorselessly English as the plane trees in the street outside or the homecoming commuters clacking through the twilight towards the village , so his one existential act ( had n't someone called it that ? ) seemed destined for suburban predictability . |