Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [pron] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Yes I do think you need to why do n't you just try dishing it up out of the thing ?
2 Did not he ever show himself a loyal supporter of the late king your husband ? ’
3 Provided that the relevant conditions are met ( see below ) , a firm can treat the following as market counterparties : ( 1 ) Other members of SFA ( in relation to any investments , even if they do not normally deal in them ) ; ( 2 ) Trading members of investment exchanges ( in relation to investments of the kind traded on the exchange , even if they do not themselves normally deal in them , and related derivatives ) .
4 Exposure to teaching by other staff might also increase motivation in those nurses who do not themselves normally participate in teaching , and such improvements may also have financial benefits in the longer term through overall increases in efficiency .
5 There is the hypothesis that these input systems do not themselves fully specify the information we derive from them , that there is subconscious guesswork involved in acts of seeing , hearing and language processing : the mind is constrained to operate on a least effort principle , imposing the first interpretation it can , commensurate with providing adequate information ( SPERBER and WILSON 1986 ) .
6 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 ?
7 Did n't 'e ever find out ? ’ the carman asked .
8 did n't we also tear apart the west brom ground after they beat us 3 nil .
9 Why did n't we just check things in at the beginning and check things out at the end ?
10 ‘ Never too late … did n't we just prove that ? ’
11 Denise McGrory and ‘ Did n't We Almost Have It All ’ walked away with overall laurels on the night .
12 Did anyone get as far as buying a programme for the Villa game , or did n't they even go on sale ?
13 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 ?
14 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 .
15 Why did n't they just stop at the sea ?
16 And why did n't they just pad you — why did you have to put on weight specially for it ?
17 Who did n't they just throw him out ?
18 ‘ It was the time they started sending memos out to referees , and I said straight why did n't they just get on with administration and leave us to do the bloody job on the field .
19 and if you leave a message it will be dealt with and people do leave a message , whereas before when it just said I 'm sorry I 'm not available they did n't they just put the phone down .
20 Oh well he , he no he did n't they just come and went and
21 Why did n't they just dismount ? ’
22 Why did n't they just cancel the whole thing ? ’
23 However , they were originally scheduled for different nights , but it has always been possible for this scenario to arrise , so why did n't they just schedule the matches to be played at the same time no matter what ?
24 Did n't they ever give their uniforms back ?
25 Did n't they ever get caught out then ?
26 Did n't they virtually decimate Gozo ?
27 Of course , you 'd read of these places and screwed up your nose in disgust and said such things should n't be permitted , and why did n't someone else do something about it .
28 Did n't you even go outside ?
29 Did n't you even check that far ?
30 Did n't you even stop to consider that , before you set off for an evening drive ? ’
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