Example sentences of "not [pers pn] [adv] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh God — ca n't I even have a row with you now ? |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't I even get a sword ? ’ he pleaded . |
| 3 | ‘ Why do n't I just wear a bag over my head ? ’ she asked . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Would n't she always feel a fool , knowing they were laughing at her and her Irish ways . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Did n't you even have a man on him ? ’ said Owen incredulously . |
| 10 | ‘ Listen to me , you crazy bastard , do n't you even take a look at that bitch . |
| 11 | Ca n't you just do a find ? |
| 12 | Ca n't you just accept a fact ? ’ |
| 13 | Why do n't you just take a case of it , one of those cases home , one of the empty empty cases ? |
| 14 | Why do n't you just put a rope across it there then , walk across the rope . |
| 15 | Why do n't you just put a line through it . |
| 16 | Why ca n't you just use a task request form that says . |
| 17 | Ca n't you just get a train into London ? |
| 18 | Do n't you , almost , you can almost hear behind the text saying , would n't you rather have a woman like that |
| 19 | Would n't you rather have a woman with a mind of her own ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Do n't you ever lay a finger on me again , or , so help me , I 'll see you live to regret it ! ’ |
| 22 | Ca n't you ever take a joke ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Ca n't we even eat a meal together occasionally ? |
| 24 | Ca n't we just put a clause |
| 25 | 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 ? |
| 26 | ‘ Why does n't he just wear a cocktail dress ? ’ asks Richard . |
| 27 | Could n't he just have a tractor ? ’ |
| 28 | So why could n't he just have a photograph of his sales team portraying the kind of team spirit that runs throughout the branch ? |
| 29 | ‘ But could n't he even raise a finger so we 'd know he can understand us ? ’ |