Example sentences of "do [pers pn] not [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Did I not stop the lorry by the power of Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) ? ’
2 Did you not talk the back of my mind about change to the report system ?
3 ‘ Did you or did you not get a cheque ? ’
4 Did you not get the sack ?
5 they have n't , did you not read the article in the er Telegraph ?
6 ‘ Why did you not call the fire brigade ? ’ he asked .
7 Did you not put the tooth paste on it ?
8 Did you not notice the gatehouse ? ’
9 But do you not think the life of the Thirties , the daily life , was much more terrible ?
10 ‘ Not only do you not wear a wedding-ring , but you have the air , the aura of sexual uncertainty which belies a history of nights spent in connubial bliss . ’
11 Do you not know the Zikr ?
12 Do you not know the story of the Persian warrior who was marching to battle ? ’
13 Do you not know the sort you 're running with ? ’
14 Unless you return to the UK with my business , not only do you not have a job , but the whole future of Grantham and Marsh is on the line . ’
15 Not only did she not read the charge but the folding back of the pages would have tended to discourage her from doing so .
16 Did they not feel the pressure of hopes raised , of hungry naked children waiting for them to move their pens ?
17 Do they not fill the earth ?
18 Did it not know the truth ?
19 If Parliament had intended that , why did it not call the Act the ‘ Depraving and Corrupting Publications Act ’ ?
20 After all , did he not bear the title of the Flower of Chivalry ?
21 Does she not know the truth , that after marriage , life changes .
22 Does he not realise the bitterness of the steelworkers who were in no way consulted ?
23 Does he not recall the trouble that Clemens Krauss had with the last act at the at the 1944 dress rehearsal ?
24 Why does he not convince the Cabinet to be good Europeans and to obey the rules like France , Germany and Spain ?
25 If the right hon. Gentleman is so concerned about unemployment and recession , why does he not acknowledge the impact that his minimum wage would have upon unemployment ?
26 Why does he not impose a levy — not the levy that we were just speaking about , but one similar to the French or German levy — to bring jobs to disabled people ?
27 Does it not give a name for the shop ?
28 Does it not make a lot of sense because it rings true to our experience ?
29 And does it not make the time problem even worse ?
30 If a larger bird is low in the queue , why does it not displace the bird at the head ?
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