Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] they [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , it is by no means clear that all ‘ corporatist arrangements ’ involve the exercise of public functions by non-governmental bodies , and to the extent that they do not they remain beyond the scope of public law . |
| 2 | They do n't they bear grudges do n't they and they do n't go away but |
| 3 | They could walk , why do n't they walk ? |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't they realise they 're playing with political dynamite ? |
| 5 | Do n't they realise the porch was there fifty years before the new road … ’ said Mrs MacKenzie , a hint of exasperation in her voice . |
| 6 | Do n't they know — do n't they realise ? |
| 7 | Do n't they matter ? ’ |
| 8 | Do n't they feed you up your house ? |
| 9 | Why do n't they carve like Greeks ? |
| 10 | That 's the trouble with people like Ollie , I think : when they come off they 're really good company , and when they do n't they miss by a mile . |
| 11 | ‘ Why do n't they stop having so many children ? ' |
| 12 | Do n't they suffer ? |
| 13 | Do n't they suffer ? |
| 14 | Why do n't they check out Brecht or Oscar Wilde pioneers . |
| 15 | Why do n't they move or speak ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ What do n't they think ? ’ is probably more apt . |
| 17 | More importantly , do n't they think their customers deserve to be treated with courtesy and respect ? . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't they think it funny you have to go so often ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't they think we would ? ’ |
| 20 | Quick as lightning , someone outside makes a quip about my bed and Jancey , and she grins and tells them to be serious and asks , do n't they think of anything but sex ? |
| 21 | I only appear on infrequent occasions , so why do n't they think I 'm just a family friend ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't they date ? ’ asked my mother . |
| 23 | Do n't they care ? " |
| 24 | Because of the recent return to figuration in the last ten years there is an enormous interest in British portraiture , but they put on a show like the ‘ Swagger portrait ’ only at the Tate Gallery ; why do n't they do it at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome ; why not the Palazzo Reale , Milan ? |
| 25 | Old people because they do n't move around , what else do n't they do ? |
| 26 | ‘ But why do n't they do something ? ’ |
| 27 | Well do n't they do it ? |
| 28 | Why do n't they do something about it ? |
| 29 | Mm I mean er why do n't they do it on like the square , how big your house is because that way you could I know it 's not far when people who live in a great big old house do n't have to pay as much cos if this I mean Uncle Trevor and Aunty they 've got a massive great house have n't they ? |
| 30 | Or do n't they do adverts ? |