Example sentences of "[verb] not you [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Did n't you realise that after five years it is n't possible to claim on someone 's estate ? ’ |
2 | ‘ Why did n't you go when I told you to ? ’ |
3 | ‘ Did n't you go and see her ? ’ |
4 | Well I know but did n't you go and buy some from that other shop ? |
5 | So why did n't you go and get some out ? |
6 | ‘ Did n't you mention that someone had asked to see me ? ’ |
7 | 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 ? |
8 | ‘ 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 . |
9 | Did n't you know that these were not originally invented to wind yarn on to ? |
10 | Did n't you know that everything you learn , and everything you suffer , will come in useful at some time in your life ? " |
11 | ‘ Did n't you know that Venus holds sway over both of us ? |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Why did n't you come and see me before ? ’ |
14 | Why did n't you come and report the damage to me ? |
15 | Why did n't you come and tell me ? ’ |
16 | ‘ Did n't you write that awfully clever play The Rate-payer ? ’ |
17 | Why did n't you write and tell me all this , Alice ? |
18 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
19 | Did n't you say that he 'd expect you to tidy your bedroom every day before you went to school and at night before you went to bed , that everything had to be perfectly in place ? |
20 | Did n't you say that those youths who got their friend drunk the other Saturday were not the kind of visitors you liked here ? ’ |
21 | Now Edna said , did n't you say that the all the sideboards coming . |
22 | ‘ Why — thank heaven — did n't you resign as you said you would ? ’ |
23 | Did n't you have or something ? |
24 | Do n't you reckon that erm the are a bit of a copy of er Spinal Tap ? |
25 | Why do n't you tell that to the RAF and see where they make you sit ? ’ |
26 | Well of course and this is do n't you feel whether it 's |
27 | Yeah , do n't you feel as though you take some care of them . |
28 | Why , why do n't you smoke as long as , wait a minute , wait a minute son , as long , as long |
29 | So why do n't you do as I say and drop it ? |
30 | Do n't you mean that you replayed the episode with yourself as hero ? |