Example sentences of "[vb base] n't [pers pn] do " in BNC.

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1 You may ask me then : ‘ Why do n't we do just that ? why has there been this passionate search for some other method of preventing the fall in the value of money or controlling the fall in the value of money , if a cause and perhaps the major cause is undisputed , assessable and obvious ? ’
2 Suddenly one would leap onto a bale of hay and exclaim , ‘ I know , kids , why do n't we do the show right here … ? ’
3 The question is not what can we do about the greenhouse effect , but why do n't we do anything ?
4 Why do n't we do it ? ’ and we all agreed rather tentatively that it might be a good idea .
5 If it 's a fun day why do n't we do a game or something .
6 ‘ So why do n't we do it ?
7 And if you look back at the minutes and then Yona I think she 's great as the secretary because she does n't let anything go but on the other hand she 's pretty informal about and the way th that over the weeks you know somebody er Julie or June or Mervia Ann come up with the suggestion that they maybe feel why do n't we do this and then by the next week it 's turned into a a rally or a big picket or or a record .
8 There 's no fee just come in and do it and anybody else who wants will have a wart clinic on the air why do n't we do that ?
9 ‘ Why do n't we do that very thing . ’
10 Well , why do n't we do that then ?
11 So why do n't we do this other one , your your static
12 ‘ Why do n't we do ourselves a favour ? ’ she said through her teeth .
13 This is a great idea — why do n't we do it more often .
14 It 's not likely to be over well actually I do n't we do n't know if they 're gon na be building there .
15 yeah , and he wants to , he came home this morning and he said , he must of been thinking about it , and he said well we could emulsion the walls , he said erm , why do n't we do an apricot white , I says well that 's peach , I said the
16 Well why do n't we do that ?
17 So when the boys and I met and they said over tea I th , well why do n't we do something about a love affair , it just seemed right .
18 Oh why do n't we do cos then everyone can join in .
19 Do n't we do n't hold a lot of stuff for any period of time ,
20 And have we not got ta take care that we do n't we do n't have such an enormous list
21 Erm here y'are we 've got a lad with a kite it 's fixed on the ground well let's say let's say it 's fixed on the ground first of all and erm we 're trying to find out how high it is and it 's directly over this point which is erm and we do n't we do n't know .
22 Cos we do n't we do n't like to say in maths we do n't like to say we ca n't do it .
23 it is n't it is n't my religion , we do n't we do n't celebrate anything er I mean I know Christmas o obviously there 's a lot of pagan things in Christmas .
24 You know like I say there is quite a lot of trust and erm I think Yona and me are sort of aware er we 're very much united in the feeling that we do n't we do n't want things to erm you know we want everybody to be involved and obviously different people have different things to offer .
25 I mean we 're so busy with our own we do n't really you know we do n't we do n't feel at all upstaged by the lodge I think you know we just work together really you know because it makes sense you know I do n't think there 's no big
26 Erm , there you are , that 's always political , and we do n't we do n't want
27 But we do n't we do n't
28 Now we do n't we do n't need to work with iron .
29 Because of the recent return to figuration in the last ten years there is an enormous interest in British portraiture , but they put on a show like the ‘ Swagger portrait ’ only at the Tate Gallery ; why do n't they do it at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome ; why not the Palazzo Reale , Milan ?
30 Old people because they do n't move around , what else do n't they do ?
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