Example sentences of "did [not/n't] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | We did not we think I think we thought it would be seen merely as a gesture . |
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 | Did n't ye ask her ? ’ |
4 | ‘ Did n't 'e tell ye he was off ? . ’ |
5 | No we did n't we thought there was a bomb alert in the toilet in the restaurant , did n't we Jean ? |
6 | ‘ Did n't we give him a Christmas present , then ? ’ |
7 | Did n't we give him one a few years ago ? ’ |
8 | Did n't we tell you ? ’ |
9 | Did n't we tell you that ? |
10 | Did n't we do them off peak as well ? |
11 | Did n't we do it on ano on another situation where we 're basically saying it 's a system problem more than a plan problem . |
12 | No we did n't we sent him back in the February and we came back in er at the end of July so he was |
13 | Did n't we have one la in the second year , or something , I 'm sure we did . |
14 | Did n't we put it in ? |
15 | I think did n't we say we 'd cover it as part of an E O workshop . |
16 | Cos , did n't we say our te , our gardens are long to er to have fields . |
17 | How long ago was it that we paid six hundred pounds did n't we to get our roof seen to , does n't seem all those many years ago . |
18 | Well yeah did n't we find her on that , I tell you |
19 | Why did n't we pick him up ? |
20 | Well why did n't we see it ? |
21 | and , yeah , well did n't we phone her and had n't she had all that trouble , she 'd had shingles and |
22 | Why did n't they examine my action first ? |
23 | They did n't they played him once . |
24 | Margaret panicked , she 'd got the wrong number , the wrong place , the wrong advertisement , why did n't they get off the line , why did n't they leave her — |
25 | Yeah why did n't they leave it open ? |
26 | Why did n't they give you it ? |
27 | ‘ If they want our co-operation why did n't they give us prior notice ? |
28 | ‘ Document A. That the man , who was belligerent on several occasions at first , threatening the social worker called in by the Visitor , said it was no business of theirs as it was a family matter and that the girl 's father , his own brother , had given his consent , and what more could you want , and there was no higher authority than that , and no wonder there was so much crime on the streets if the government took away the father 's power , and why did n't they do something about crime on the streets instead of invading people 's homes . |
29 | ‘ They wanted more details and I said it was a murder dammit and why did n't they do something about it and he said ‘ Another of those ’ and … well they must do something . |
30 | There is something wrong with the relationships , there is as well as somebody doing the abuse , there are other people who are somehow complicit in the abuse because they 're allowing it to go on , they must have known , surely they must have known , why did n't they do something ? |