Example sentences of "did [not/n't] [pers pn] [vb infin] [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 | ‘ Did n't we give him a Christmas present , then ? ’ |
| 6 | Did n't we give him one a few years ago ? ’ |
| 7 | Did n't we tell you ? ’ |
| 8 | Did n't we tell you that ? |
| 9 | Did n't we do them off peak as well ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Did n't we have one la in the second year , or something , I 'm sure we did . |
| 12 | Did n't we put it in ? |
| 13 | I think did n't we say we 'd cover it as part of an E O workshop . |
| 14 | Cos , did n't we say our te , our gardens are long to er to have fields . |
| 15 | Well yeah did n't we find her on that , I tell you |
| 16 | Why did n't we pick him up ? |
| 17 | Well why did n't we see it ? |
| 18 | and , yeah , well did n't we phone her and had n't she had all that trouble , she 'd had shingles and |
| 19 | Why did n't they examine my action first ? |
| 20 | 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 — |
| 21 | Yeah why did n't they leave it open ? |
| 22 | Why did n't they give you it ? |
| 23 | ‘ If they want our co-operation why did n't they give us prior notice ? |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | because they do n't give a specific definition as to what a landlord is or a rich peasant or a middle peasant meant that how that there was a lot of flexibility within that and it 's only later that they have to reissue those two documents on how to analyze the classes which erm which had been published in nineteen thirty which they felt that you know the Party 's moving too far away , but why did n't they do it at the time ? |
| 28 | Did n't they think her capable of adult emotions , of real suffering , genuine worry ? |
| 29 | Did n't they think it was cissy ? |
| 30 | I mean did n't they overwhelm you a bit ? |