Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [pers pn] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Has not he realised that the CAP is the only agricultural support system under which consumers pay a subsidy to farmers and end up paying more for their food than if they had not paid the subsidy in the first place ?
2 Has n't he noticed that we 've got one and a half million unemployed ?
3 I hope not I see if they want any do you want , do , do you want any crisps ?
4 Naturally , Greenidge tried to emulate Richards which , when things went well , was fine , but when they did not it meant that , for a while , he gained a reputation for not being over-reliable ; perhaps he suffered from trying to hit the ball too hard , for there were plenty of people who felt that he would have been a better player had he not tried to ‘ bury the ball into the wall of some distant building ’ ( his own words ) at every opportunity .
5 When I said why did n't 'e go an' get it back 'isself , 'e said do n't ask questions .
6 Did n't we notice that her voice really was n't that strong when it went right up to the top storey ?
7 We went to breakfast and Mark Cox was sitting there and he asked us ‘ Did n't we know that there was coup in Russia ? ’ and he told us everything .
8 Why did n't they last when Edward tried to go further , she wondered ?
9 Did n't , did n't they mean that as in a period of time they 'd been stuck in the Ark .
10 There was no question about it — people knew who I was and if they did n't they asked and I told them .
11 Did n't they realise that mountaineering was a serious business ?
12 Why did n't they come and visit me , Mum and Dad ?
13 Did n't you realise that after five years it is n't possible to claim on someone 's estate ? ’
14 ‘ Why did n't you go when I told you to ? ’
15 Did n't you go and see her ? ’
16 Well I know but did n't you go and buy some from that other shop ?
17 So why did n't you go and get some out ?
18 Did n't you mention that someone had asked to see me ? ’
19 One day she cried out to Angel : ‘ Why did n't you stay and love me when I was sixteen … when you danced in Marlott ?
20 ‘ Someone was supposed to have come up to me and said , ‘ Did n't you know that there are many starving people in Ethiopia ? ’ to which I 'm supposed to have said , ‘ Yeah .
21 Did n't you know that these were not originally invented to wind yarn on to ?
22 Did n't you know that everything you learn , and everything you suffer , will come in useful at some time in your life ? "
23 Did n't you know that Venus holds sway over both of us ?
24 The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so-and-so ? and they say ‘ yes ’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes ’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway ’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so ! ’ and you start off on the wrong foot .
25 Why did n't you come and see me before ? ’
26 Why did n't you come and report the damage to me ?
27 Why did n't you come and tell me ? ’
28 Did n't you write that awfully clever play The Rate-payer ? ’
29 Why did n't you write and tell me all this , Alice ?
30 ‘ Anne , ’ Christine said eagerly to the surprised Anne , ‘ did n't you say that your daddy could n't get enough mistletoe to sell this Christmas ? ’
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