Example sentences of "why do [not/n't] [pers pn] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trying to drag her arm free , she gritted , ‘ And why do n't we want to be seen ? ’ |
| 2 | So why do n't we reply to the people who put this suggestion that in reprinting it 'll be taken into account but there are some reasons that we ca n't follow it completely and that , two chief of which are different , where colour is used for coding and erm , secondly what Richard has just said . |
| 3 | Why do n't we go to Thrush Green for good ? ’ |
| 4 | Why do n't we go to Venice on the Orient Express ? |
| 5 | And then she said to me , and then , when I was going , she went to me , would you like to come on holiday , I went , then she went , because of me and mum and dad , we went another day to holiday , we went to beach , and er , mum said , that , yeah , mum said that she was saying , erm , to her , why , why is it not , what was it she said , about the weather , mum was moaning saying it was cold , and she went why , why are n't we go on holiday , mum , and mum said we ca n't , we ca n't afford to go on holiday , and she ah , why do n't we go to seaside when it 's cold . |
| 6 | Now why do n't ya , why do n't ya go to middle . |
| 7 | ‘ Why do n't you speak to Gioella ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why do n't you speak to him ? ’ |
| 9 | Why do n't you speak to the mothers of those babies ? |
| 10 | Why do n't you pretend to be still mad and go back ? |
| 11 | ‘ Why do n't you go to Australia and talk to the Vincenti woman before you start bothering us ? ’ |
| 12 | She was walking at its head when she turned and said , ‘ Why do n't you go to school , Ben ? ’ |
| 13 | Why do n't you go to our nice new archdeacon ? ’ |
| 14 | Alice said , " Why do n't you go to the short-term housing people ? |
| 15 | Oh yes , ’ she said to my father , ‘ why do n't you go to the house and bring us something to drink ? ’ |
| 16 | My dad used to sit here and say " Why do n't you go to the doctors ? " |
| 17 | ‘ Why do n't you go to bed , Lissa ? |
| 18 | ‘ Then why do n't you go to Mr Rowse ? ’ said Apricot . |
| 19 | Why do n't you go to them ? ’ |
| 20 | Why do n't you go to the Parquet ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Why do n't you go to sleep ? ’ she suggested with exasperation , though a little tiny part of her was rising to the verbal sparring with him , taking a perverse pleasure in the challenge of matching wits with him . |
| 22 | Still going to Guildford , why do n't you go to Ikea ? |
| 23 | Why do n't you go to sleep ? |
| 24 | Why do n't you go to bed ? |
| 25 | Why do n't you go to bed and go to sleep ? |
| 26 | Yous do your week 's training , why do n't you go to the army cadet for a week ? |
| 27 | Why do n't you go to your bedroom until tea 's ready . |
| 28 | Jo said : ‘ Why do n't you talk to mum , she 's sitting here . ’ |
| 29 | I said , ‘ Why do n't you talk to me ? ’ |
| 30 | When one caller transgresses this line of demarcation , asking the presenter Dolores what she thinks of a terrorists ' kidnapping , she replies ‘ That would be a little outside the scope of this programme Charlie , there 'll be experts commenting again in the morning to tell you what to think of it , why do n't you talk to me about yourself … ’ ( 80 ) . |