Example sentences of "n't [pron] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had n't someone said something about his teeth ? |
| 2 | just as cliché haunted Henry 's daily journey to the train , his socks from Marks and Spencers ' , his regular nightly bedtime , his fondness for a cup of tea at ten thirty in the evening , just as he seemed to be destined to be as remorselessly English as the plane trees in the street outside or the homecoming commuters clacking through the twilight towards the village , so his one existential act ( had n't someone called it that ? ) seemed destined for suburban predictability . |
| 3 | " Why has n't someone told me this before ? |
| 4 | I said if you had n't I 'd get you to go back for a chat with him . ’ |
| 5 | Had n't I lost it , no ? |
| 6 | I could surely have bluffed out the running ; it was the standing under the rod that was the important part , the critical part ; why had n't I realised that ? |
| 7 | ‘ Was n't I born and reared in a mad house ? |
| 8 | Like you take , you take your sons why was n't I born first |
| 9 | ‘ Have n't I shocked you enough ? |
| 10 | Why had n't I guessed ? |
| 11 | I said no Julie I said I have n't I said I would tell you cos I said I , she said to me do ring me and let me know , and I said I said I would and I will , I said no cos I did n't tell her when it were you see , so I said it 's this week coming and I 'll ring you this on Monday , so she said oh it was only , cos she said I saw Deb and Deb wondered , I thought yeah I bet she did she would |
| 12 | Until recently , had n't I done everything , well almost everything that the Centre suggested ? |
| 13 | A winning attitude would enable people in the same situation to think , ‘ Have n't I done well today ? |
| 14 | Goaded , she replied sharply , ‘ Have n't I done so from the moment of my arrival ? |
| 15 | ‘ So why have n't I done the fuck already ? |
| 16 | Have n't I seen over the years what it has done to my husband , a man who lifted me off the shelf just before my sell-by date expired ? |
| 17 | And while we 're on about it why have n't I seen you |
| 18 | No no it was n't I seen I seen people in the pleasance being silver coated pills . |
| 19 | ‘ Have n't I seen you before ? ’ he said . |
| 20 | ‘ Have n't I seen you before ? ’ |
| 21 | I meant , why have n't I seen you outside the theatre ? |
| 22 | Why had n't I asked Flora ? |
| 23 | Why had n't I gone to gentler old Winston 's place instead . |
| 24 | because , in fact every time I get one from someone else I always think why have n't I gone and got some of those yet ? |
| 25 | ‘ Have n't I given sufficient indication that I 'll never marry her ? ’ |
| 26 | Have n't I arranged with my father to have the time off ? |
| 27 | Johnny 's first words to me were : ‘ You 're a good broadcaster , why have n't I heard of you ? ’ ’ |
| 28 | Had n't I heard of |
| 29 | Why had n't I felt them when we were pressed together ? |
| 30 | And why had n't I felt that shock of surprise I should have felt ? |