Example sentences of "[conj] do n't the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I loved you for thirteen days of my life , and did n't the rest of my life count for anything ? ’
2 Veronica 's father was Lord Somebody-or-other , she reminded herself , and did n't the aristocracy go in for rather grand affairs ?
3 or was in , I do n't know and did n't the male er , lead ? du n no how you can read that without glasses , I ca n't
4 And does n't the word ‘ please ’ exist in your vocabulary ? ’
5 Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train …
6 And does n't the phrase ‘ in hand ’ have a splendid meaningless vagueness about it .
7 But do n't the house look lovely
8 But did n't the rise and fall of Bros and The Bay City Rollers take a little longer than one mad year ?
9 Erm but did n't the peasant culture already have erm sort of elements of collectivization alread I mean which the Communist Party could
10 But does n't the chairman of the club object ? ’
11 But does n't the tree look splendid , sir ? ’
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