Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [pers pn] [vb infin] so " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Why did not you say so then ! ’ |
2 | All you get is contempt , did n't they say so ? |
3 | Did n't you think so ? ’ |
4 | She , she did n't mind because she 's winking and I thought ah is n't that nice of her , it is really because she organised it all and she do n't know me so that was very kind of her did n't you think so Bet ? |
5 | ‘ Well why the flamin' hell did n't you say so ? ’ |
6 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ exclaimed the Bookman . |
7 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so ? ’ |
8 | Why the hell did n't you say so ? ’ |
9 | Why did n't you say so before ? |
10 | " Well , why the bloody Hell did n't you say so out there when we was with them instead of making me look like a bloody fool ? " |
11 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so at first ? |
12 | ‘ Why did n't you say so earlier ? |
13 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ |
14 | ‘ Then why on earth did n't you say so at the time ? ’ |
15 | ‘ But , Caro , why did n't you say so before ? |
16 | Well , why did n't you say so in the first place ? ’ |
17 | If you wanted the report handed in by a certain day , why did n't you say so ? |
18 | Oh now why did n't you say so beforehand ! |
19 | Did n't you say so ? |
20 | Why did n't you say so then instead of |
21 | 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 . |
22 | So to the middle-aged man who came up to me in the car park and confessed that in the fifth form he had been silently in love with me — why did n't he say so at the time ? |
23 | ‘ Why did n't he say so ? ’ |
24 | His voice changed to a snarl : ‘ Then why the hell did n't he say so ? ’ |
25 | ‘ Do n't you think so ? ’ |
26 | Now do n't you think so ? |
27 | You 've earned the full right to be a Brownie , Jenny — do n't you think so , Miss Clinton ? ’ |
28 | Do n't you think so ? ’ |
29 | ‘ Fog plays funny tricks , mister , do n't you think so ? |
30 | Do n't you think so , Albert ? ’ |