Example sentences of "say why do n't [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I have consistently said why do n't they allow er , councils to spend the receipts from council houses on building new houses , and I 've never been impressed with the replies nor the reasons . |
2 | She says why do n't I go out there on a visit . |
3 | and I says why do n't you , no , but like |
4 | Well I says to him , I says if you were that interested I says while I 'm watching I says why do n't you come and see , I says , give us a shake |
5 | I heard Brad having a conversation again today about Ooh I do n't feel ye I heard him saying why do n't we feel very happy about this and not and not happy with the subjects and I do n't feel very happy about running the session so go up this way he 's never done the work you see so he 's trying to learn it from i instructions and things and a lot of the time you need to have actually done it to be able to talk about it |
6 | Well I 'm , I 'm the same , I was talking to Rob the other day and er , I forget how I mentioned it , but I said something about , oh I think it 's because I was saying why do n't you come up like this week because he 's off this week , and er , he was making some excuse or other , oh I 've got three weeks off in the summer , oh I 'd sooner come up when I 've got this longest spell off , you know , and I want to get this chimney done and blah , blah |
7 | and Dave said why do n't we |
8 | so she said I , I went in and I said to Geraldine I 'm going I owe you any bloody money take the bugger out me wages , she says I ai n't having people that I like being stabbed like that by people like that , she said she ai n't worth the salt of the earth , she 's the salt of the earth she said with people like that pointing to Jenny and Jane , no way , she said and I 'm going with my mates , I turned round and the next thing Janet and Janet and Barbara in there , when we got up the pub at twelve o'clock , course we were all having sandwiches me and Pam got the , me and er Barb got there , then Pam come in then a few more come and erm then the plumber and all that come in with them and I said oh girls we never clocked out , so I said oh well I 'm gon na have to take my key back to Steve , burst out laughing , so I said oh no I said why do n't we have a key cracking competition so of course that 's what we did we all took our keys out of our bag and we went ready for she 's a jolly good ready , steady , fellow , for she 's go and we cracked these ruddy keys and shoved them up in the air |
9 | Well talk about you think you 're but that 's what Gemma said , Gemma said why do n't we go out and have a spending spree |
10 | The Lord spoke to me right there in the church and said why do n't you go ? |
11 | but I saw him on the television last week , breakfast T V , not last week , week before , just before I got into work , and this woman on the television asking this stupid question , she said why do n't you put any opposition up in Parliament , and he hit the roof , but what the television did , they did n't switch off when he played bloody hell with 'em , excuse my French er President , but this is how it went , he could n't give a damn about you bloody lot , he kept the television on , it just showed his frustration . |
12 | " I said why do n't you leave him alone . " |
13 | So Tom 's , she going to Tom she said why do n't you come Tom ? |
14 | Oh w oh w er have to , up the top , you know those two she said why do n't you take your gates off like us , I said why should I ? |
15 | But they sort of , I mean I say , they love the kids and they love , you know , doing anything with them , but , they wo n't , and Dave said why do n't you take , oh I 'd love to do golf , and Dave says well bloody well do it , what 's stopping you ? |
16 | And she said why do n't you come swimming with us Rick ? |
17 | and like Helen , well Helen said why do n't you wait until you move , and I said well that might not be all that , you know |
18 | And Martin keep fucking on and on , and one day she come in here , and she said why do n't you clean ? |
19 | So erm and here 's another thing as well , she says erm I said why do n't you pack this job in like ? |
20 | I said why do n't you go and sit down there . |
21 | He told me that he 'd got a good home , or he 'd had a good home , and he just I said why do n't you live there ? |
22 | You would see a likely customer er likely one come in , you 'd say why do n't you come here , we only meet upstairs . |