Example sentences of "[not/n't] you [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | uhum , could n't you go up in the other corner . |
2 | ‘ Look , why do n't you go down to the bar and have a couple of drinks ? ’ |
3 | Why do n't you go down to the optician 's and see about it ? ’ |
4 | Why do n't you go down to the sea and get a blow before tea ? ’ |
5 | " Why do n't you go down to the Lake Field , " he said to Nicandra , " the yearlings might amuse them . |
6 | ‘ Why did n't you go back to the road and phone a taxi ? ’ |
7 | ‘ If you hate it all so much , why do n't you go back to the bogs ? ’ was his retort . |
8 | After a traditionally disastrous dress rehearsal the director came into Arthur 's dressing-room , which he shared with Flute the Bellows Mender , and said cheerily , ‘ I tell you what , why do n't you go back to the awful way you used to do it ? |
9 | ‘ Why do n't you go back to the car ? ’ she said edgily . |
10 | ‘ Why do n't you go back to the hotel , relax for a while ? |
11 | Well why ca n't you walk down to the Co-op tomorrow when you 're at dancing and get one yourself . |
12 | But Pat remembers him saying to various children : ‘ Why do n't you lay down at the bottom of the swimming pool for half an hour ? ’ |
13 | By the way , Piper , ’ he continued , ‘ why do n't you sleep over at the big house ? |
14 | Could n't you hang on till the end of the season ? ’ |
15 | ‘ Are n't you going in for the Swimming Gala ? ’ |
16 | ‘ No. ’ 'Then why do n't you come down to the marina at five tomorrow morning . |
17 | Eva said , ‘ For Christ 's sake , ca n't you cut down on the bloody mysticism — we 're not in Beckenham now . |
18 | Are n't you walking down to the garage ? |
19 | why do n't you save up for the Sony compact jobs ? |
20 | Why do n't you get on to the negotiating team at the trade talks ? ’ |
21 | Why do n't you pop along to the hospital one night and pay Len a visit ? |