Example sentences of "not [pers pn] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did not you say so then ! ’ |
| 2 | I do n't I mean probably it 's just to be to the safe side . |
| 3 | Well the new the new demands on the just do n't I mean just do n't allow any scope |
| 4 | But we did n't I mean never Arthur never had any broad broad |
| 5 | ‘ Ca n't I stay here this time ? ’ |
| 6 | Ca n't I stay away from Pepe 's for once ? ’ |
| 7 | She said I ca n't I 've just had a sleeping tablet . |
| 8 | Erm you 've put me on the spot I do n't I do n't I 've really I 've really got no preference on them . |
| 9 | Yeah , but thing is I mean , you know , there 's a lot of kids out there , I mean I 've know with , sort of , Lee 's friend you know , okay , with us I mean with Lee o okay we do n't I 've often said to him , why do n't you get a Saturday job ? |
| 10 | I think perhaps the top clubs like I do n't I 've never been there . |
| 11 | And I do n't I 've only got one left . |
| 12 | ‘ Did n't I do well ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Did n't I do all right ? |
| 14 | But should n't I do better work if I were n't driven from pillar to post to supplement my salary ? |
| 15 | Why ca n't I sit here then ? |
| 16 | " Could n't I go instead ? " , |
| 17 | Why did n't I go straight to the Star Council ? ’ |
| 18 | Why did n't I go home to my own country taking with me the sheet which bore the stains of my virginity . |
| 19 | ‘ Why ca n't I keep away from you , ’ he demanded , ‘ when I know damned well I have n't the right — ’ He did n't finish his sentence . |
| 20 | ‘ Did n't I live just now ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Ca n't I have just one night in the whole year to myself ? |
| 22 | Anyhow , there 's the witch outside your guy 's door and he tells her to bug off , she ca n't come in , he 's expecting someone and she says , oh please , baby , sweetie , honey pie , ca n't I have just a teensy weensy little coffee after I 've come all this way to see you , and he says — because he 's a proper English gentleman , right ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Well do n't I know just the place we 'll be made as welcome as Christmas ! |
| 24 | ‘ Ca n't I come now ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I heard you could eat any amount of steak and you 'd lose loads of weight ’ , or ‘ did n't I read somewhere that you are n't supposed to eat carbohydrate and protein at the same meal ? ’ |
| 26 | Could n't she go downstairs to the other telephone ? |
| 27 | Once I heard the social worker say quite seriously ‘ Bloody Paki why does n't she go home ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Why does n't she go home ? ’ said Philip . |
| 29 | Why does n't she go home to her Mum ? ’ |
| 30 | Why would n't she go home ? |