Example sentences of "not [pron] [vb infin] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why can not he tell us now what his plans are ? |
| 2 | With Thursday only a day or so hence , why did not he inform us there and then that he would be unable to convey our message to the queen our mother ? |
| 3 | Does not he think it right that all such pensioners should receive compensation when they have lost so much pension due to his complacency and reprehensible laxity ? |
| 4 | ‘ Ca n't I watch one now ? ’ |
| 5 | Jack said to Franca , ‘ Did n't I tell you so ? ’ |
| 6 | " Did n't I tell you so ! " was her message of resignation . |
| 7 | ‘ Did n't I tell you so ? ’ she returned , trying not to sound smug . |
| 8 | Did n't I love her enough ? |
| 9 | ‘ Ca n't I do it here and now ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , why ca n't I do anything right ? ’ |
| 11 | Why do n't I meet you later ? ’ |
| 12 | did n't I change it again ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why do n't I phone them now ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Ca n't I take it home instead ? ’ he asked . |
| 15 | Did n't she love me enough ? |
| 16 | ‘ Why does n't she do something else ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Why did n't she join us tonight ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Why do n't you fix us both a drink while I 'm trying to find the answer to the problem ? ’ he added , stripping off his tie and undoing the top buttons of his shirt . |
| 19 | ‘ Why did n't you bring me home like you promised ? ’ |
| 20 | Pleased , that is , until I discovered that I had forgotten to bring the tea bags — the subsequent ‘ Well , why did n't you bring them then 's , ‘ Why is it always my fault 's reminded me of the Quentin Crisp line that marriage was impossible for him because he could not have tolerated an endless succession of mornings when the first words he heard were , ‘ And another thing ’ — and that there were no birds . |
| 21 | Why did n't you bring them home ? |
| 22 | ‘ Well , why do n't you bring her home ? |
| 23 | Ca n't you cook anything else ? " |
| 24 | Hey , darlin' , do n't you fancy me more than that nigger ? |
| 25 | ‘ And do n't you fancy him just a jot ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Tessy , do n't you love me just a little now ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't you love me even a little bit ? ’ |
| 28 | It went : if you loved me then ca n't you love me once again ? |
| 29 | And do n't you love them now ? |
| 30 | Do n't you tell him either , because he 'd feel honour bound to do something about it . |