Example sentences of "[verb] n't [pers pn] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | When I said why did n't 'e go an' get it back 'isself , 'e said do n't ask questions . |
2 | There was no question about it — people knew who I was and if they did n't they asked and I told them . |
3 | Why did n't they come and visit me , Mum and Dad ? |
4 | ‘ Did n't you go and see her ? ’ |
5 | Well I know but did n't you go and buy some from that other shop ? |
6 | So why did n't you go and get some out ? |
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 | Why did n't you come and see me before ? ’ |
9 | Why did n't you come and report the damage to me ? |
10 | Why did n't you come and tell me ? ’ |
11 | Why did n't you write and tell me all this , Alice ? |
12 | Did n't you have or something ? |
13 | ‘ Why the hell did n't I die and be done with it ! ’ frank said bitterly . |
14 | Why did n't she come and visit me ? |
15 | ‘ But … but why did n't she come and take me with her ? |
16 | Why did n't he go and bust them ? |
17 | Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’ |
18 | ‘ Why do n't we go and have a cup of tea ? ’ |
19 | In fact , since it 's such a hot night — why do n't we go and cool off with a swim ? ’ |
20 | Why do n't we meet and talk about it ? ’ |
21 | Why do n't they move or speak ? ’ |
22 | They , if they want any quotes why do n't they go and see chairman , who 's Terry ? |
23 | Why do n't they go and fly near the dark ? |
24 | But the point is , if you tell them you 're leaving , why do n't they come and board the windows up and save all this money ? |
25 | Yeah , do n't they come and |
26 | Mum why do n't you wash and dry ? |
27 | Alright then , he said , if you 're so keen , why do n't you go and find them yourselves ? |
28 | Uncle Ern said to my cousin Jim who was some six years older than me , ‘ Why do n't you go and get that old box of fag cards for Arthur . ’ |
29 | Why do n't you go and read a school book ? |
30 | ‘ Why do n't you go and fit your scrambler before you forget what that is ? ’ |