Example sentences of "why [verb] n't you [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 31 | Well I 'm , I 'm the same , I was talking to Rob the other day and er , I forget how I mentioned it , but I said something about , oh I think it 's because I was saying why do n't you come up like this week because he 's off this week , and er , he was making some excuse or other , oh I 've got three weeks off in the summer , oh I 'd sooner come up when I 've got this longest spell off , you know , and I want to get this chimney done and blah , blah |
| 32 | Why do n't you take up my earlier suggestion of doing a randomised controlled trial ? |
| 33 | Why do n't you take up the offer ? |
| 34 | Bathrooms do n't have to be purely functional , so why do n't you put up a shelf , and fill it with plants . |
| 35 | Why do n't you count up the French words in italics and see how many you can learn by heart . |
| 36 | I mean said the other day , Why do n't you pack up this stupid idea of picketing . |