Example sentences of "not [pron] [vb infin] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | If his will was to tantalize and bewilder , why should not she take her own gentle revenge ? |
2 | ‘ Why ca n't everyone live their own lives ? ’ |
3 | Why does n't someone bring me some food ? |
4 | Did n't I tell her that , Goldie ? ’ demands Minna . |
5 | Did n't I tell you that ? |
6 | Did n't I tell you that ? |
7 | Did n't I tell you this was a special day ? |
8 | ‘ Did n't I tell you this was a very special occasion ? ’ |
9 | Why should n't I marry their precious father ? |
10 | ‘ Did n't I make myself clear last night ? |
11 | So you might think why do n't I make it easy and make it one square . |
12 | And when I came across people who told me I must be , at best , gullible to believe in metaphysics ( and why did n't I rejoin their random , meaningless reality ? ) , then I had invited them into my world . |
13 | When I , but he wo n't I put them all out , in fact . |
14 | Why should n't I find it interesting to work with fuels ? |
15 | But I ca n't I find it hard to explain why the after such a good performance against West Ham , But you know , it 's just all over , be saying that about his side second half now wo n't he , because they 've just put one point about a nine , and they 're a good side . |
16 | ‘ I 'm sure it will be Renata ( her daughter ) next ’ , ‘ Why ca n't I get anything right ? ’ and ‘ No-one wants anything to do with me — and I 'm not surprised . ’ |
17 | Ca n't I take them both ? |
18 | After all , why should n't I enjoy my last months as a bachelor ? |
19 | ‘ Why does n't somebody tell him all about me ? ’ she thought . |
20 | ‘ Do n't yer give me any of yer lip ! ’ |
21 | Why could n't she hold her own under this sudden onslaught of innocuous banter ? |
22 | ‘ Why ca n't she leave me alone to die in peace ? ’ |
23 | ‘ Why ca n't she leave 'im alone ? ’ |
24 | Why did n't she throw her own ? |
25 | ‘ But why did n't she tell us earlier ? ’ |
26 | But another thing is you see where Sandra lives , you saying that where she lives is apparently erm P C , now I do n't know him , but she does he lives up the same road and when people park did n't she tell you this when we were coming down ? |
27 | No she did n't she put them dear me you said tell me she put them back on again . |
28 | It had after all needed cleaning and there would n't be many more chances to wear it that autumn so … and anyway why should n't she look her best for once ? |
29 | ‘ Might n't she find it boring , too ? ’ |
30 | Turns out , Deardrie , she 's applied to be an astronaut — I remember seeing the advert , asking for people to go to the moon — it 's not that I 'm jealous , but why did n't she ask me first ? |