Example sentences of "[pers pn] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did I not think of that , then ? |
| 2 | ‘ Why was I not told of this before now ? ’ |
| 3 | Why had I not thought of this before ? |
| 4 | If , on the other hand , God should have ordained for me thus , miserable and wretched as I am , and should have called me by His grace to sit solitary and serve him in that manner , as he deigns to grant to me , shall I not persevere in that calling ? |
| 5 | Furthermore if I see my task as a teacher in terms of the development of thinking skills , should I not concentrate upon those procedures which are appropriate to particular academic disciplines ? |
| 6 | He did not know that Mme Bluot had asked me not to walk in that direction ( ‘ It is a street so disreputable , madame , it could lead a child astray . ’ ) , |
| 7 | In the face of their insistence and that of Arab League negotiators , he warned them not to settle for any deal which did not involve the withdrawal of 30,000 to 40,000 Syrian troops based in west Beirut and the hinterland . |
| 8 | Erm they can then feel that their family 's being looked after as well , so it helps them not to worry about that side of it . |
| 9 | Or did she not think at all ? |
| 10 | ‘ Even if it had been syphilis — why could you not return to this girl you love ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Do you not think of those who must be responsible for them , who bear the burden and strain without training , and without help of any kind ? |
| 12 | The Board is entitled to require you not to attend at any place of work and they may otherwise suspend you from the performance of your duties under this appointment where that course is a necessary precaution in the public interest or otherwise in the interests of the Board pending the outcome of criminal , disciplinary or other investigations or proceedings and where no alternative course is reasonably appropriate . |
| 13 | Could you not sit in that chair ? |
| 14 | And Wagner spelled out the means : " I should like to advise you not to touch on such incredible views in short essays written … for popular effect , but … to concentrate on a larger and more comprehensive work on this subject . " |
| 15 | Would you not agree to that ? |
| 16 | Would you not agree with that ? |
| 17 | Do you not agree with that ? |
| 18 | Would you not agree with that ? |
| 19 | Mr Guest , I must ask you not to speak of this business to anyone . ’ |
| 20 | Having dismissed the Hayekian argument , are you not forced into some form of socialism ? ’ |
| 21 | Have you not listened at all ? ’ |
| 22 | no , no , why you not going to that anyway because er |
| 23 | Well these days a lot of women decide to have children er , o outside er erm , certainly outside marriage and indeed outside a couple , and that is possible , do you not approve of that ? |
| 24 | But we not regimented in this department we 're flexible that 's why these things are happening cos we turn our hands to whatever we believe is in the interests of the company . |
| 25 | We scoff at the pretentious person who buys the Tatler to exhibit it on the coffee table , so why should we not view with less than admiration the newspaper which bribes its readers to buy it for reasons other than its content ? |
| 26 | I doubt if I would ever have been quite to aware of this had we not gone through this disaster . |
| 27 | Can we not see in this new conviction of the importance of emotion and sensibility that awakening of feeling which his marriage had accomplished ? |
| 28 | Could we not look at these company figures ? |
| 29 | If military methods were as aimless as they may appear , should we not concentrate on those moments , perhaps the decisive moments , of violent action when the armies of the two sides clashed in battles which have become part of national myth ? |
| 30 | But I spoke with Mr about half an hour ago on the telephone , told him not to worry at all , that |