Example sentences of "n't [pron] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Mrs McMahon , who naturally had n't seen it because had n't she just this minute arrived back from the village and was n't the dress still in its bag , looked up at the three hovering on the stairs as though it were a divine deliverance , mumbled vaguely about a headache coming on , and thankfully abandoned her responsibilities to whoever was willing to take them on . |
| 2 | So I mean she 's over half a stone now is n't she so that 's nice for |
| 3 | and she was feeling very depressed was n't she so that was |
| 4 | Why do n't you just all ignore her and hope she goes away ? |
| 5 | Is n't there too much emphasis on money in the community care debate and not enough on caring responsibilities ? |
| 6 | If you 've got a positive nucleus and you 've got electrons , negative particles going round it , and the two attract each other , why do n't they just all collapse together ? |
| 7 | Is n't it rather that , as Woodbridge implies , the transvestite seems to be a victim of false consciousness , and by switching gender roles rather than dissolving them reinforces the very sexual division which s/he finds oppressive ? |
| 8 | But was n't it better this way ? |
| 9 | Why , why was n't it enough that out of every experience that I mean like not much happens to the back of your neck like that , that 's one thing that I 'd even think about , I mean I 'm not any kind of historian , but like , like anything like the back of the neck I would think of a guillotine also . |
| 10 | It 's just gathering the the evidence is n't it really that 's difficult |
| 11 | But er considering it is n't er used for passengers , it looks in quite good nick , does n't it really that . |
| 12 | There is n't anything else that produces the same feel . |