Example sentences of "not [pers pn] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Searching this database on the company name will tell you whether or not we currently maintain a file for them . |
2 | Oh God — ca n't I even have a row with you now ? |
3 | ‘ Do n't I even get a sword ? ’ he pleaded . |
4 | ‘ Why do n't I just wear a bag over my head ? ’ she asked . |
5 | Ludens thought , why ca n't I do that , why ca n't I just ask a woman to hold my hand , why ca n't I ask Franca to ! |
6 | I did at one time I know I never I do n't I never touch a thing there and I thought and he would you mind opening your carrier and I 've got sanitary towels in there |
7 | Once she 'd put the phone down on him the previous night she 'd regretted her skittish way with him , and , after a heart-to-heart with Marlin in which she 'd told him she wanted to go back to England , and he 'd replied that it would all seem different in the morning and why did n't she just take a pill and lie down , she 'd decided to call him back . |
8 | Would n't she always feel a fool , knowing they were laughing at her and her Irish ways . |
9 | By catching herself saying ‘ You stupid woman , ca n't you even pour a cup of tea without spilling it ? ’ and instead thinking , ‘ OK , Alison , you seem a bit shaky today . |
10 | ‘ Did n't you even have a man on him ? ’ said Owen incredulously . |
11 | ‘ Listen to me , you crazy bastard , do n't you even take a look at that bitch . |
12 | Ca n't you just do a find ? |
13 | Ca n't you just accept a fact ? ’ |
14 | Why do n't you just take a case of it , one of those cases home , one of the empty empty cases ? |
15 | Why do n't you just put a rope across it there then , walk across the rope . |
16 | Why do n't you just put a line through it . |
17 | Why ca n't you just use a task request form that says . |
18 | Ca n't you just get a train into London ? |
19 | Do n't you , almost , you can almost hear behind the text saying , would n't you rather have a woman like that |
20 | Would n't you rather have a woman with a mind of her own ? |
21 | Wo n't you please bring a bit of comfort and cheerfulness into my life " Well , " said the Dawn Maiden , " for three days you have spared my fishes , so I will help you . |
22 | ‘ Have n't you ever seen a show ? ’ |
23 | ‘ Have n't you ever wanted a home of your own ? ’ |
24 | Do n't you ever lay a finger on me again , or , so help me , I 'll see you live to regret it ! ’ |
25 | ‘ Have n't you ever had a friend ? ’ |
26 | Ca n't you ever take a joke ? ’ |
27 | ‘ Ca n't we even eat a meal together occasionally ? |
28 | Ca n't we just put a clause |
29 | So why , why , why ca n't you just erm why ca n't they just take a bit off everybody in that case and , and inflict the same degree ? |
30 | Why had n't they just put a notice up on the screen half through the scene she was shooting when she died , saying this has to stop somewhere ? |