Example sentences of "do n't [pron] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like presents and all that , but — I du n no — if it 's Jesus 's birthday then why do n't we give him prezzies ? |
| 2 | Well why do n't we give her flowers ? 'Cause we 've given her flowers . |
| 3 | Why do n't we locate them in the middle of , of fields ? why do they have them at all ? |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't we pay anything ? |
| 5 | Do n't we pay you enough that you have to go into the courier business ? ’ |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | So when the boys and I met and they said over tea I th , well why do n't we do something about a love affair , it just seemed right . |
| 8 | ‘ Why do n't we do ourselves a favour ? ’ she said through her teeth . |
| 9 | Why do n't we do it ? ’ and we all agreed rather tentatively that it might be a good idea . |
| 10 | ‘ So why do n't we do it ? |
| 11 | This is a great idea — why do n't we do it more often . |
| 12 | The question is not what can we do about the greenhouse effect , but why do n't we do anything ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why do n't we drag your errant husband out of the bar , Elaine , and go to the Kingsley Club for a drink ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't we hold him at Tracy Castle ? ’ fitzCount continued with careful emphasis . |
| 15 | ‘ Why do n't we leave everything as a nice quiet lot of nothingness ? ’ |
| 16 | Why do n't we leave it at that ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Well , why do n't we leave it open ? |
| 18 | Do we let them look at it — contemplating — do n't we hustle them all the time ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | So what we 're doing is we then send them this , why do n't we pass it out to the other piece of the group ? |
| 21 | ‘ Why do n't we bring our sightseeing to an end with an early dinner ? ’ |
| 22 | Typically we do n't we implement it in software and even in software it 's very quick because computers are ideally set up to implement these sort of systems . |
| 23 | It 's not a good idea to leave Miranda all on her own , so why do n't we keep her company ? |
| 24 | When the States invaded Panama , the typical reaction was ‘ why do n't we keep our noses out of other people 's business ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't we lose our manhood ? ’ asks the blackcoated hero of an early twentieth century novel as he reflects on his job . |
| 26 | ‘ Why do n't we let her go if that 's what she wants . |
| 27 | So you 're filtering it before it goes in the machine and still we 're saying , why do n't we filter it as it comes out the machine , before it goes back in the tank . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , why do n't we see what 's going on first ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Why do n't we contact them ? |
| 30 | Well why do n't we call her Sam ? |