Example sentences of "do [not/n't] you say [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Why did not you say so then ! ’ |
2 | Did n't you say somewhere in St Austell ? |
3 | ‘ Well why the flamin' hell did n't you say so ? ’ |
4 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ exclaimed the Bookman . |
5 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so ? ’ |
6 | Why the hell did n't you say so ? ’ |
7 | Why did n't you say so before ? |
8 | " Well , why the bloody Hell did n't you say so out there when we was with them instead of making me look like a bloody fool ? " |
9 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so at first ? |
10 | ‘ Why did n't you say so earlier ? |
11 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ |
12 | ‘ Then why on earth did n't you say so at the time ? ’ |
13 | ‘ But , Caro , why did n't you say so before ? |
14 | Well , why did n't you say so in the first place ? ’ |
15 | If you wanted the report handed in by a certain day , why did n't you say so ? |
16 | Oh now why did n't you say so beforehand ! |
17 | Did n't you say so ? |
18 | Why did n't you say so then instead of |
19 | The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so-and-so ? and they say ‘ yes ’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes ’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway ’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so ! ’ and you start off on the wrong foot . |
20 | ‘ Why did n't you say before that you — ? ’ |
21 | Why do n't you say right out ‘ this middle-class westernized Pakistani girl called Nerina ’ ? |
22 | ‘ If you 've got a better idea , why do n't you say so ? ’ |