Example sentences of "[not/n't] they [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's so annoying when they just come up to your window whether you want it cleaned or not they just clean it . |
2 | But I am convinced — from what I have seen and what my commonsense tells me — that more often than not they simply tilt towards the bait at a slight angle and suck it to their lips from distances up to nine inches , a process of vacuuming which they may repeat several times before attempting to swallow the bait . |
3 | Do not they also draw attention to the willingness of some countries and some parties to sign up to measures that they have no intention of implementing ? |
4 | A fair conclusion might be that Kennedy found it helpful — perhaps therapeutic — to talk to Ormsby-Gore and Macmillan whether or not they basically influenced his thinking . |
5 | decide whether or not they really need to be on that site for fourteen hours or can they do what they need to do in four ? |
6 | A total of 363 exhibition visitors ( 99% of all respondents ) indicated whether or not they ever used the Library as a reader . |
7 | It must be remembered they must pay on maturity , whether or not they actually receive the covering funds from the seller , having been paid for the underlying commercial transaction by the buyer . |
8 | The tendency of working-class women to respond positively or non-committally to a question about ‘ liking ’ housework ( whether or not they actually experience a basic dissatisfaction ) may be one reason why other researchers have concluded that fundamental social class differences exist on this dimension . |
9 | I want this one cos I do n't they probably have n't got any |
10 | Do n't they also have problems with the , with the er the drinks ? |
11 | ‘ Magister , if the Quintans curse their God , wo n't they also curse the God-Emperor ? ’ |
12 | Were they ever professional , boy , did they ever work hard , well , did n't they just talk and work as if that melodrama of near separation had never happened . |
13 | Well they do n't they just sit there looking at |
14 | I mean they do n't they just make everybody worse off . |
15 | Why ca n't they just ransom me ? |
16 | He knew it was what they wanted to do , what they had planned to do , so why did n't they just do it then ? |
17 | ’ But why do n't they just do that ? ’ |
18 | Why ca n't they just tell you ? |
19 | Could n't they just ease up a little ? |
20 | Who did n't they just throw him out ? |
21 | Why do n't they just throw them away ! |
22 | Why do n't they just print the job supplement ? |
23 | Of course the legendary Super Champ ( why do n't they just bring it back and be done with it ) was the nearest thing to a ‘ Boogie in a matchbox ’ ( or , for that matter , why do n't Boogie ? ) and I suppose the Champ 12 forms an obvious transitional link between that and this new model . |
24 | Oh well why do n't they just bring down as well you know might as well . |
25 | Do n't they just think the world of themselves ? ’ |
26 | Why , he asks , do n't they just pour the water on the floor and machine-gun it ? |
27 | Why did n't they just stop at the sea ? |
28 | Like , when they all went off and I thought well I do n't see , why do n't they just stop it . |
29 | Why could n't they just leave well alone and let pupils concentrate on the three Rs ? |
30 | And why did n't they just pad you — why did you have to put on weight specially for it ? |