Example sentences of "do n't [pron] just [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look I know we said we would n't talk about it and maybe it 's not fair cos I do n't know what state you 'll be in when you get this , but why do n't we just move to the country and have babies ? |
| 2 | Why do n't we just go to the airport and get on a plane ? ’ |
| 3 | Why do n't we just go to Keith 's and let him do something ? |
| 4 | I mean when Rutherford did his experiments years and years ago he produced his planetary model of the nucleus , of the atom where the nucleus plays the role of the sun and the electrons play the role of the planets , and people said well why do n't they just spiral in an erm Rutherford had actually no answer to this , but the answer to this was produced by the Danish physicist Nils Bore , who said ‘ Well they do n't spiral in because erm electrons can not just take up any orbit , they can take up certain specified orbits which he called stationary states , and there is a lowest one of these , and when the electron gets down there it can not go any further . |
| 5 | ‘ But do n't you just long for a neutron bomb sometimes ? ’ |
| 6 | So why do n't you just settle to knowing your place and doing your job , and just maybe I wo n't let him tear you in shreds the way he 's aching to do ? |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't understand why you always seem to be in such a tearing hurry ; why do n't you just relax for five minutes and sit down ? ’ |
| 8 | Say , do n't you just look like Veronica Lake ! |