Example sentences of "not [pron] [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does not he equally expect the rule of law to be observed on both sides of the Irish border ? |
| 2 | There is the hypothesis that these input systems do not themselves fully specify the information we derive from them , that there is subconscious guesswork involved in acts of seeing , hearing and language processing : the mind is constrained to operate on a least effort principle , imposing the first interpretation it can , commensurate with providing adequate information ( SPERBER and WILSON 1986 ) . |
| 3 | Oh God — ca n't I even have a row with you now ? |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't I even get a sword ? ’ he pleaded . |
| 5 | ‘ Why do n't I just wear a bag over my head ? ’ she asked . |
| 6 | Well I tell him he must go , and if he does n't I just open the door wide to let the cigarette smell out and erm course then he as I say , I ca n't tell you what he calls me , but erm |
| 7 | Ludens thought , why ca n't I do that , why ca n't I just ask a woman to hold my hand , why ca n't I ask Franca to ! |
| 8 | Ca n't I like cut the baby in half ? |
| 9 | I did at one time I know I never I do n't I never touch a thing there and I thought and he would you mind opening your carrier and I 've got sanitary towels in there |
| 10 | Once she 'd put the phone down on him the previous night she 'd regretted her skittish way with him , and , after a heart-to-heart with Marlin in which she 'd told him she wanted to go back to England , and he 'd replied that it would all seem different in the morning and why did n't she just take a pill and lie down , she 'd decided to call him back . |
| 11 | Would n't she always feel a fool , knowing they were laughing at her and her Irish ways . |
| 12 | By catching herself saying ‘ You stupid woman , ca n't you even pour a cup of tea without spilling it ? ’ and instead thinking , ‘ OK , Alison , you seem a bit shaky today . |
| 13 | ‘ Did n't you even have a man on him ? ’ said Owen incredulously . |
| 14 | ‘ Listen to me , you crazy bastard , do n't you even take a look at that bitch . |
| 15 | Do n't you also attack the church ? |
| 16 | Ca n't you just do a find ? |
| 17 | ‘ Ca n't you just do the work you 're paid for ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Why do n't you just change the paper 's name to New Morrissey Express and have done with it ? ’ goes the usual enquiry , ‘ he 's on your cover every bloody week anyway ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Could n't you just leave the whisky , I 'll drink it all , wake up in the morning no , make that the afternoon — with a head that feels like you hit me over the skull with the bottle , and you sleep in the car ready for that long and demanding journey down the notoriously dangerous A74 tomorrow ? ’ |
| 20 | Well why did n't you just bring the note and show it to me ? |
| 21 | Why do n't you just open the back gate so that they can come and collect their stuff when they want it ? |
| 22 | Why do n't you just steal the briefcase and take your time ? ’ |
| 23 | Why do n't you just keep the stuff you 're wearing ? ’ |
| 24 | Ca n't you just accept a fact ? ’ |
| 25 | Why did n't you just turn the knob ? |
| 26 | Why do n't you just take a case of it , one of those cases home , one of the empty empty cases ? |
| 27 | Why do n't you just put a rope across it there then , walk across the rope . |
| 28 | Why do n't you just put a line through it . |
| 29 | Why do n't you just put the blame on her then ? |
| 30 | Why ca n't you just use a task request form that says . |