Example sentences of "[verb] why do not [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have consistently said why do n't they allow er , councils to spend the receipts from council houses on building new houses , and I 've never been impressed with the replies nor the reasons . |
| 2 | She says why do n't I go out there on a visit . |
| 3 | and I says why do n't you , no , but like |
| 4 | Well I says to him , I says if you were that interested I says while I 'm watching I says why do n't you come and see , I says , give us a shake |
| 5 | Listen why do n't you let us pull the door to nan |
| 6 | Well look why do n't you just sketch it out on there so I know the sort of thing that yo oh , you 've got one have you ? |
| 7 | And I said , look why do n't you meet me in front of Conway Hall and kill me then , it would save so much time . |
| 8 | Well look why do n't you have one of these then you can do it properly . |
| 9 | There 's some on the floor there look why do n't you take that downstairs , and use it . |
| 10 | Look why do n't you do the colouring for now and then I 'll help you do that in a little while when I 've done this bingo ? |
| 11 | turning over , I ca n't be bothered why do n't we just carry on |
| 12 | Yeah but you know why do n't you ? |
| 13 | so I said if you go up and see Pat I said I 'm sure Pat will say well you know why do n't you use the kitchen and come and live in |
| 14 | You know why do n't you ? |
| 15 | Yeah , you know why do n't you because that side bits down the back , he probably thinks you 've been bloody fiddling with it . |
| 16 | They keep questioning me , always asking where I was what I did why I did it , did all of them where I was who I was with who am I trying to kid why do n't I just admit I did it well if I did n't do all these things , who did ? |
| 17 | And if you look back at the minutes and then Yona I think she 's great as the secretary because she does n't let anything go but on the other hand she 's pretty informal about and the way th that over the weeks you know somebody er Julie or June or Mervia Ann come up with the suggestion that they maybe feel why do n't we do this and then by the next week it 's turned into a a rally or a big picket or or a record . |
| 18 | I heard Brad having a conversation again today about Ooh I do n't feel ye I heard him saying why do n't we feel very happy about this and not and not happy with the subjects and I do n't feel very happy about running the session so go up this way he 's never done the work you see so he 's trying to learn it from i instructions and things and a lot of the time you need to have actually done it to be able to talk about it |
| 19 | Well I 'm , I 'm the same , I was talking to Rob the other day and er , I forget how I mentioned it , but I said something about , oh I think it 's because I was saying why do n't you come up like this week because he 's off this week , and er , he was making some excuse or other , oh I 've got three weeks off in the summer , oh I 'd sooner come up when I 've got this longest spell off , you know , and I want to get this chimney done and blah , blah |
| 20 | Why do n't you come why do n't you come . |
| 21 | Tt with the aid of the good general the er United Nations army and the South Koreans pushed the North Koreans back into North Korea and er MacArthur 's view was well while we 're winning why do n't we keep going , you know , perhaps we could take over China as well |
| 22 | to be burned or , I do n't mind so much if it 's recycled I think why do n't we all agree to use recycled paper |
| 23 | Called me , he 's called me a college crappy , he goes why do n't you go back , he goes , why do n't you go back to college , you college crappy . |
| 24 | I mean why do n't you just if she says why I mean she 'll obviously have Sandy there and Sandy 'll say why is n't Carla speaking to you ? |
| 25 | Well look , I mean why do n't I leave it to you to get in contact with |
| 26 | So you might think why do n't I make it easy and make it one square . |
| 27 | and Dave said why do n't we |
| 28 | so she said I , I went in and I said to Geraldine I 'm going I owe you any bloody money take the bugger out me wages , she says I ai n't having people that I like being stabbed like that by people like that , she said she ai n't worth the salt of the earth , she 's the salt of the earth she said with people like that pointing to Jenny and Jane , no way , she said and I 'm going with my mates , I turned round and the next thing Janet and Janet and Barbara in there , when we got up the pub at twelve o'clock , course we were all having sandwiches me and Pam got the , me and er Barb got there , then Pam come in then a few more come and erm then the plumber and all that come in with them and I said oh girls we never clocked out , so I said oh well I 'm gon na have to take my key back to Steve , burst out laughing , so I said oh no I said why do n't we have a key cracking competition so of course that 's what we did we all took our keys out of our bag and we went ready for she 's a jolly good ready , steady , fellow , for she 's go and we cracked these ruddy keys and shoved them up in the air |
| 29 | Well talk about you think you 're but that 's what Gemma said , Gemma said why do n't we go out and have a spending spree |
| 30 | The Lord spoke to me right there in the church and said why do n't you go ? |