Example sentences of "why do [not/n't] we " in BNC.
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| 31 | At these times , when the dreams of the new church being the embodiment of close affection one to another have disintegrated , members are tempted to ask : Why do n't we give up ? |
| 32 | ‘ Why do n't we go up on the moor and look for George ? ’ asked Sarah . |
| 33 | ‘ She 's in such agony , ’ stormed Perdita , ‘ why do n't we just put her out of her misery ? ’ |
| 34 | ‘ Why do n't we live more ? ’ he had exhorted Theo . |
| 35 | ‘ And after lunch she said , why do n't we take the car and go and look at this siege in Balcombe Street ? |
| 36 | Questions can be very controlling : for instance– ‘ Why do n't we go out ? ’ means that the answer has to he well reasoned out . |
| 37 | ‘ Our business rivals are thinking like this , so why do n't we ? ’ , |
| 38 | ‘ All the departments who are successful in this company have used these methods , so why do n't we ? ’ , |
| 39 | And since it looks as if we 're all goin' to the same place , why do n't we take our kit to the left luggage then see if we ca n't find that canteen ? ’ |
| 40 | ‘ Look — why do n't we celebrate ? |
| 41 | Why do n't we abandon the original plan and go straight to Debenham and Freebody , as we 're so close . |
| 42 | ‘ Look , why do n't we go for a drink tonight and then we 'll talk . ’ |
| 43 | ‘ Why do n't we all go and look together ? ’ he said . |
| 44 | ‘ Why do n't we let her go if that 's what she wants . |
| 45 | And why do n't we just change our name to New Morrissey Express and be done with it ? |
| 46 | Why do n't we just call it New Mancunian Express and have done with it ? |
| 47 | OK , so why 's he on the cover , and why do n't we just change our name to New Morrissey Express and be done with it ? |
| 48 | ‘ Well , why do n't we meet for a drink ? |
| 49 | Why do n't we take it to some safe place a hundred miles away and dump it at the bottom of the deep blue sea ? ’ |
| 50 | Why do n't we go somewhere more comfortable and discuss them ? |
| 51 | Local floatplane pilot Hugh Carlson , almost as a joke , came up with the idea of ‘ Why do n't we put one up on a pole ? ’ |
| 52 | Why do n't we just give Napoleon the keys to Berlin and have done with it ? |
| 53 | Why do n't we see positive advertisements about social work ? |
| 54 | Why do n't we do it ? ’ and we all agreed rather tentatively that it might be a good idea . |
| 55 | Now if you 're talking about filling the seats it 's obvious that the people in Harlow like that type of thing so why do n't we have more of it . . |
| 56 | If it 's a fun day why do n't we do a game or something . |
| 57 | One , what , one that we erm , one , yes , yes , but as a group why do n't we review having another prisoner when we got |
| 58 | For example : ‘ Why do n't we go out and have a quiet chat over lunch tomorrow . |
| 59 | But why do n't we know anything about them ? |
| 60 | ‘ Tell you what , ’ he said , ‘ rather than sit about here , why do n't we wander down to those Crystal Rooms now ? |