Example sentences of "and why [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And why not involve the whole family ? |
| 2 | For a party you could prepare all four — and why not finish up with the orange and almond dessert on page 16 . |
| 3 | And why not serve it to breakfasting passengers on airlines as the top people 's alternative to the cornflake packet . |
| 4 | I say ’ Yes , please — and why not start in Scotland and Wales ? ’ |
| 5 | And why not give someone a treat by investing in a subscription to both magazines ? |
| 6 | When you speak to me as you do , implying that I 'm — And why not say what you mean anyway ? |
| 7 | Pace the unjustified slur , naming 10 famous Belgians is easy , even if the Singing Nun , the Mannekin Pis and Hercule Poirot are declared ineligible ( and Jacques Brel counts five of most other countries ' famous people in our book ) — and there could just be another one soon , in the person of Finance Minister Philippe Maystadt , who could become the father of a whole new economics after his proposal that Belgium levy a robot tax on factory machines to get humans back to work : it 's a great idea , and why not take it further and ban construction machinery from the roads to get the shovels back into navvies ' hands — and no doubt computers can be included under the tax , so that in no time , in a dramatic return to Victorian values , while the Belgian economy may not actually start booming , the country will have the world 's biggest quill pen industry . |
| 8 | The café-bar is open and why not enjoy a performance in the afternoon ? |
| 9 | He just had some time to spare waiting for Maria Luisa to return and why not fill it with a bit of Ruth-baiting ? |
| 10 | Erm , you know , that we , that we 've been invited to reach out and why not respond ? |
| 11 | And why not have placed them for safe keeping in a pocket , satchel or valise ? |
| 12 | And why not have a long , hot bath ? |