Example sentences of "why do n't [pers pn] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the recent return to figuration in the last ten years there is an enormous interest in British portraiture , but they put on a show like the ‘ Swagger portrait ’ only at the Tate Gallery ; why do n't they do it at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome ; why not the Palazzo Reale , Milan ? |
| 2 | ‘ But why do n't they do something ? ’ |
| 3 | Why do n't they do something about it ? |
| 4 | Mm I mean er why do n't they do it on like the square , how big your house is because that way you could I know it 's not far when people who live in a great big old house do n't have to pay as much cos if this I mean Uncle Trevor and Aunty they 've got a massive great house have n't they ? |
| 5 | You may ask me then : ‘ Why do n't we do just that ? why has there been this passionate search for some other method of preventing the fall in the value of money or controlling the fall in the value of money , if a cause and perhaps the major cause is undisputed , assessable and obvious ? ’ |
| 6 | Suddenly one would leap onto a bale of hay and exclaim , ‘ I know , kids , why do n't we do the show right here … ? ’ |
| 7 | The question is not what can we do about the greenhouse effect , but why do n't we do anything ? |
| 8 | Why do n't we do it ? ’ and we all agreed rather tentatively that it might be a good idea . |
| 9 | If it 's a fun day why do n't we do a game or something . |
| 10 | ‘ So why do n't we do it ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There 's no fee just come in and do it and anybody else who wants will have a wart clinic on the air why do n't we do that ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why do n't we do that very thing . ’ |
| 14 | Well , why do n't we do that then ? |
| 15 | So why do n't we do this other one , your your static |
| 16 | ‘ Why do n't we do ourselves a favour ? ’ she said through her teeth . |
| 17 | This is a great idea — why do n't we do it more often . |
| 18 | yeah , and he wants to , he came home this morning and he said , he must of been thinking about it , and he said well we could emulsion the walls , he said erm , why do n't we do an apricot white , I says well that 's peach , I said the |
| 19 | Well why do n't we do that ? |
| 20 | So when the boys and I met and they said over tea I th , well why do n't we do something about a love affair , it just seemed right . |
| 21 | Oh why do n't we do cos then everyone can join in . |
| 22 | So why do n't you do as I say and drop it ? |
| 23 | Why do n't you do a page a month looking at the old struggles of the 60's/70's/80 's and what the situation is now . |
| 24 | Be careful not to qualify praise ( do not , for instance , say , ‘ Thank you for taking out the rubbish — why do n't you do that all the time ? ’ ) . |
| 25 | I 'm sure you 'll come up with all kinds of ideas of your own , but for starters why do n't you do something you know really well — the world of fashion . ’ |
| 26 | Why do n't you do something useful like clearing out the kitchen ? |
| 27 | Why do n't you do something that will get you somewhere , Karim ? ’ |
| 28 | Tugging the jeans over her thighs , she said : ‘ Why do n't you do something about that bitch at Larksoken , the one suing Neil ? |
| 29 | We had a glimpse of that with ‘ Nothing Compares 2 U ’ ( she cried , we cried too … ) and she does n't staunch the flow ( ‘ Can you really say you 're not in pain , like me ? ’ — ‘ Speech ’ ’ ) Do n't be fooled by the slight swagger of ‘ Why Do n't You Do Right ? ’ , the fragile , breathy innocence of her ‘ Bewitched , Bothered And Bewildered ’ , we 're just warming up to those where's-my-baby-blues of ‘ Black Coffee ’ . |
| 30 | Why do n't you do The Trojans ? ’ . ’ |