Example sentences of "n't we [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Were n't we slow ?
2 Learning to understand how your dog 's mind works makes things much easier , so why ca n't we welcome someone — like a home visitor — prepared to explain the quickest way to do this ?
3 Ca n't we smell the opiate of the people again ?
4 Are n't we taking any notice of you ?
5 Are n't we taking any notice of you ?
6 ‘ Have n't we come a long way ? ’ he said , and collapsed .
7 Have n't we come on !
8 And I says to Ray , are n't we using hopper nineteen ?
9 Well which ones are n't we using ?
10 Trying to drag her arm free , she gritted , ‘ And why do n't we want to be seen ? ’
11 Do n't we want write and in fact get him to come to the next meeting then
12 Are n't we booked for a game of croquet ?
13 If they do n't we will tough it out because we are healthy and strong and can go at it with determination and gusto .
14 No we do n't we separate right at the bottom of this hill .
15 Group pick up is very handy , if you 're with a large bunch of people in a large office , you can get together and say , ‘ Right , why do n't we answer everybody 's telephones if they 're not there , let's not just leave them ringing ’ , Okay , so you get together and you ask me and say , ‘ Right , this , this , this , this extension ’ , it could be up to 40 extensions , ‘ We all want to be in the same group pick up ’ , so what happens is the phone rings , but another one rings .
16 So we shall have lemon chicken , stuffed mushrooms , we had something else did n't we last time ?
17 Why do n't we locate them in the middle of , of fields ? why do they have them at all ?
18 The real question is why , why do n't we pay staff er direct transfer into bank accounts ?
19 ‘ Do n't we pay anything ?
20 Do n't we pay you enough that you have to go into the courier business ? ’
21 Why ca n't we pay for that here ?
22 ‘ Ca n't we settle this constitutionally , with a debate and a referendum ? ’
23 Yes Chairer , why do n't we pat ourselves on our , on the back about this it would it be useful i in in the the report , a further report that 's gon na come forward if there could be some indication as to actual format that was adopted when a person goes to one of his welfare panels , cos I 've been to three and there does n't seem to be any consistency whatsoever in the way that things occur or whatever !
24 ‘ Were n't we watching all the airports and ports ? ’
25 are n't we watching telly ?
26 You may ask me then : ‘ Why do n't we do just that ? why has there been this passionate search for some other method of preventing the fall in the value of money or controlling the fall in the value of money , if a cause and perhaps the major cause is undisputed , assessable and obvious ? ’
27 ‘ Ca n't we do lions or something for a change ? ’
28 Suddenly one would leap onto a bale of hay and exclaim , ‘ I know , kids , why do n't we do the show right here … ? ’
29 And I said to myself : ‘ Why ca n't we do the same thing in Lebanon ? ’
30 And I said to myself : ‘ Why ca n't we do the same thing in Lebanon ? ’
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