Example sentences of "not [pron] [verb] and [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | I was cleaning , cleaning it up and of course I was tapping it with a hammer was n't I to try and get all the putty you know , try and break the putty and most of it came away and I just tapped this one little |
2 | ‘ Why ca n't I come and see this guy for myself ? ’ |
3 | Uncle Ern said to my cousin Jim who was some six years older than me , ‘ Why do n't you go and get that old box of fag cards for Arthur . ’ |
4 | " Why do n't you go and get some more from your fucking bloody mother , from her . |
5 | Why do n't you go and get some breakfast ? |
6 | Look , why do n't you go and get some food together ? |
7 | So why did n't you go and get some out ? |
8 | Well I know but did n't you go and buy some from that other shop ? |
9 | Why do n't you try and do that one with your own . |
10 | Why do n't you wait and have that counselling that was suggested ? ’ |
11 | Would n't he go and find that child and bring it up as his own ? |