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 ? ’
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