Example sentences of "n't she [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Why did n't she stay out of this . |
2 | Why could n't she slide out of herself and be someone else , if only for the ten seconds it would take to push open the door of the hotel and step across the threshold ? |
3 | Did n't she realise how painful an accusation of that magnitude was ? |
4 | Why did n't she give up and demand a separation ? |
5 | Well think , did n't she give up last year ? she said something about it last year on radio , on no smoking day . |
6 | I mean she does n't she do n't get through a lot of chocolates does she ? |
7 | ‘ Wo n't she make up her mind ? |
8 | Could n't she go downstairs to the other telephone ? |
9 | Well why ca n't she go out for christmas dinner ? |
10 | Once I heard the social worker say quite seriously ‘ Bloody Paki why does n't she go home ? ’ |
11 | ‘ Why does n't she go home ? ’ said Philip . |
12 | Why does n't she go home to her Mum ? ’ |
13 | Why would n't she go home ? |
14 | Why did n't she go back home for dinner ? |
15 | Yes , what about her mother ; why could n't she go down and take a turn ? |
16 | ‘ Why did n't she go down with the others ? ’ |
17 | Why did n't she go down to his house to see for herself ? |
18 | ‘ Would n't she move over to England ? ’ |
19 | Why the hell could n't she turn up in a Barbour , a headscarf and a Volvo like everyone else 's mother ? |
20 | But when does n't she look very nice ? |
21 | He demanded to know of another ambassador 's wife , no longer young , what kind of impression an old and unfashionable woman like her must give of Britain abroad : why could n't she look as attractive as the young woman opposite ? |
22 | ‘ Why would n't she get in ? |
23 | Ca n't she get in from down there ? |
24 | I had a row with her several times , but this once I said , why did n't she get out there and shift some bloody irrigation mats with me , and she just slapped her belly and said she 'd got too fat to bend . |
25 | ‘ Did n't she say where she 'd been working ? |
26 | ‘ Again , why the hell does n't she say OK , and then handle it like everybody else , do the bits that suit her and not do the other ones ? |
27 | Why does n't she sell up and move to something smaller ? |
28 | Why wo n't she take up the offer of just a fortnight 's short-stay ? |
29 | I thought well that 's fair comment cos there 's people 's houses I 'd stay away from cos I do n't like the wives , so I mean , you know , that 's , I do n't go round , but the thing is she 's been gone about what three year now , four year or something or however long it is why do n't she come now ? |
30 | However , she had met a very nice lady from Pinner who said why did n't she come along with the Lionisers ' visit to Fort House that afternoon . |