Example sentences of "[verb] not she [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | er Cath 's still got curly hair has n't she there ? |
2 | ‘ Sure has n't she enough on her plate without hearing complaints from the likes of us ? |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Why did n't she just leave , Charlie was used to it . |
5 | I said I did n't think her opinion was worth very much : if that was the opinion she had of her husband then naturally he preferred someone who admired , loved , trusted and desired him , and why did n't she just go away ? |
6 | It would be easy enough to ask him straight if there was any truth in it , so why did n't she just come on out and ask ? |
7 | erm she 's got a family Margaret , she said she wo n't go there any more she I , I do n't know whether that er Jean does so Did n't she just cotton on quickly , she said do you know that , I said why do I want anybody wandering in my house and my kitchen , I said it 's a bit like it 's clean , why should I have somebody sort of , well I mean just because I 'm doing cooking , she said you would n't stop fancy one , you never know , she said well unless you want to stop at the , please do n't , you 'll let me still have your jam wo n't you ? |
8 | Julia felt nothing for that child , she did n't like her , she did n't hate her , I mean she , she did n't she just felt nothing cos that 's precisely what she told me , that 's her words , not mine , you know and I find then , that , she should n't be a childminder |
9 | Did n't she even want time to think things over ? |
10 | And because she wanted to know more , she wanted to find out all there was to find out about this dark , ancient stronghold that her ancestors had known , at times she stole out from her bedchamber after nightfall and stood listening to the night rustlings and the soft settling of the old , old timbers ( and the footsteps ? did n't she still hear the footsteps every night ? ) and thought that if only she knew the right words , or if only she had the power , she could summon the enchantments and lay bare the secrets and understand this place . |
11 | She put another couple of quid in did n't she now . |
12 | Veronica came up did n't she yesterday to see where her er has Sally got her stuff please . |
13 | Did n't she always ? |
14 | So why does n't the hot w oh shit Why do n't she hardly never look after David any more ? |
15 | Had n't she just come on to two guys in two days ? |
16 | Had n't she just described the truly religious man , someone in the world but not of it ? |
17 | And Mrs McMahon , who naturally had n't seen it because had n't she just this minute arrived back from the village and was n't the dress still in its bag , looked up at the three hovering on the stairs as though it were a divine deliverance , mumbled vaguely about a headache coming on , and thankfully abandoned her responsibilities to whoever was willing to take them on . |
18 | Why had n't she simply walked out of the theatre as soon as she 'd discovered he was in the cast ? |
19 | Had n't she already taken time off work which she could ill afford in her sister 's interests ? |
20 | For had n't she already experienced the heat of the fires which burned beneath his deceptively cool surface ? |
21 | Had n't she already known the score — Luke 's one-time involvement with Elise ? |
22 | Had n't she already given herself that very same advice ? |
23 | But then , had n't she already found that out ? |
24 | Had n't she already acknowledged to herself that it was better that they did n't touch — or do anything to aggravate a volatile situation ? |
25 | Had n't she finally made it as an integrated human being without the help of her father ? |
26 | Had n't she enough to think about ? |
27 | Had n't she always concentrated all her energies on having a good time , even though she knew deep down that she wanted to do more with her life ? |
28 | Had n't she always been able to handle the opposite sex ? |
29 | But then , had n't she always known that he was a good and decent man ? |
30 | He might be kind , gentle even , but his words would be no more than a courteous cloak of indifference ; for had n't she now joined the ranks of women who wanted him ? |