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 ?
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