Example sentences of "do not they [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Do n't they realise they 're playing with political dynamite ? |
2 | Do n't they feed you up your house ? |
3 | ‘ Do n't they think we would ? ’ |
4 | More importantly , do n't they think their customers deserve to be treated with courtesy and respect ? . |
5 | ‘ Do n't they think it funny you have to go so often ? ’ |
6 | I only appear on infrequent occasions , so why do n't they think I 'm just a family friend ? ’ |
7 | ‘ But why do n't they do something ? ’ |
8 | Why do n't they do something about it ? |
9 | Because of the recent return to figuration in the last ten years there is an enormous interest in British portraiture , but they put on a show like the ‘ Swagger portrait ’ only at the Tate Gallery ; why do n't they do it at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome ; why not the Palazzo Reale , Milan ? |
10 | Well do n't they do it ? |
11 | Mm I mean er why do n't they do it on like the square , how big your house is because that way you could I know it 's not far when people who live in a great big old house do n't have to pay as much cos if this I mean Uncle Trevor and Aunty they 've got a massive great house have n't they ? |
12 | Do n't they mean anything to you ? ’ |
13 | Do n't they mean it 's lower , rather than the upper circle ? |
14 | So why do n't they admit it ? |
15 | Why do n't they collect it together then ? |
16 | If social anthropologists are sincere when they say that their subject is a kind of micro-sociology and when they proclaim that they no longer feel themselves to be members of a culture/society which is intrinsically " superior " to that of the people they are studying , why do n't they study themselves ? |
17 | Why do n't they show us all Britain ? |
18 | ‘ Why do n't they improve themselves ? ’ |
19 | Perhaps they do not conclude this ; if so , why do n't they make their views known to the Secretary of State for Scotland before he approves this scheme ? |
20 | Do n't they set you much work ? |
21 | ‘ But do n't they hurt him ? |
22 | she said who do you pay the bill to ? , to I says the post office , well do n't they pay you for having their telephone |
23 | And if they want more — of whatever it is — why do n't they tell us ? ’ |
24 | ‘ Do n't they tell you anything ? |
25 | ‘ What do n't they tell you ? ’ said William , smiling but curious . |
26 | Why do n't they give them the money to carry on and do all the good work they 've done , which is well worthwhile . |
27 | ‘ Do n't they give you what you need ? ’ |
28 | ‘ Why do n't they give us parachutes , for God 's sake ? |
29 | So why do n't manufacturers put full instructions in the leaflets and — more annoyingly — why do n't they put their full address on products or packaging , so that purchasers could at least write for more information ? |
30 | Why do n't they put it in the recycling centre ? |