Example sentences of "[not/n't] [pron] [vb infin] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | One might reasonably ask why the Library Association , the body responsible for all professional matters concerned with the operation of libraries , including attempts to impose acts of censorship in libraries , did not itself initiate legal action against the News International ban . |
2 | A former Conservative agriculture minister , Michael Jopling ( Westmorland and Lonsdale ) , said : ‘ Can not we take some comfort from the fact that our safety rules and our arrangements are such that such a minute dose leads to widespread concern and a Commons statement ? ’ |
3 | Does not he have some regard for them ? |
4 | When one speaks of the intention of the parties to the contract one is speaking objectively — the parties can not themselves give direct evidence of what their intention was . |
5 | Thirdly , the directive that care managers should not themselves give direct care runs counter to the core of good social work practice and creates a new corps of care administrators , thereby reducing the number of staff available to give direct care . |
6 | Cloward and Ohlin ( 1960 ) , in a highly influential work did not themselves draw any treatment conclusions ( although their ideas inspired a major treatment programme ) . |
7 | Ca n't someone bring some sense into this ridiculous situation before the governors who took up the challenge after the Government 's much-advertised campaign to persuade people to do the work , and those who served faithfully for many long years , resign en masse ? |
8 | ‘ Why did n't someone shoot that bastard when we were in Normandy ? ’ remarked the occupant of the bunk below me . |
9 | ‘ Do n't I deserve any fun ? ’ |
10 | And did n't I make some sort of arrangement to meet somebody ? |
11 | He said did n't I need fresh air then . |
12 | Why ca n't I remember that man 's face ! ’ |
13 | Why ca n't I use straight information ? |
14 | ‘ I am certain of it , ’ he replied , but promptly settled her heartbeats to a dull , steady rhythm once more by adding , ‘ because of your car , did n't I have good reason to contact you ? ’ |
15 | I 'd just go and say , here are I ca n't ha , why ca n't I have any money ? |
16 | ‘ Ca n't I have some Valium , Sister ? ’ he grovelled . |
17 | ‘ Ca n't I have some iron tablets ? ’ |
18 | ‘ Do n't I know that fella ? ’ said Dad , who because of his memory loss thought he 'd already seen every film or play he watched , had read every book he attempted , and knew every story he heard . |
19 | Do n't I get any credit for human decency and normal feelings ? ’ |
20 | Do n't I get any time off ? ’ |
21 | Did n't I take that photograph in the street for you , a couple of years ago ? ’ |
22 | ‘ Why do n't I take that wax and get it done for you ? |
23 | Why should n't I pose that way if it pleases him ? ’ |
24 | She 'd deliberately tried to antagonise him , and as usual she 'd succeeded , so why could n't she feel any pleasure in it ? |
25 | Oh yes , that was certainly true : did n't she love this child and did n't she love Charlie ? |
26 | Look at your Aunty Carol does n't she look funny creature ? |
27 | Why do n't she have decent car . |
28 | Did n't she have any pride ? |
29 | If she was running the same company for Virgin , should n't she have some shareholding in it ? |
30 | Why not , why did n't you vote Liberal Democrat ? |