Example sentences of "not [pers pn] just [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why do n't I just wear a bag over my head ? ’ she asked . |
| 2 | Well I tell him he must go , and if he does n't I just open the door wide to let the cigarette smell out and erm course then he as I say , I ca n't tell you what he calls me , but erm |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Ca n't you just do a find ? |
| 6 | ‘ Ca n't you just do the work you 're paid for ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Why do n't you just change the paper 's name to New Morrissey Express and have done with it ? ’ goes the usual enquiry , ‘ he 's on your cover every bloody week anyway ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Could n't you just leave the whisky , I 'll drink it all , wake up in the morning no , make that the afternoon — with a head that feels like you hit me over the skull with the bottle , and you sleep in the car ready for that long and demanding journey down the notoriously dangerous A74 tomorrow ? ’ |
| 9 | Well why did n't you just bring the note and show it to me ? |
| 10 | Why do n't you just open the back gate so that they can come and collect their stuff when they want it ? |
| 11 | Why do n't you just steal the briefcase and take your time ? ’ |
| 12 | Why do n't you just keep the stuff you 're wearing ? ’ |
| 13 | Ca n't you just accept a fact ? ’ |
| 14 | Why did n't you just turn the knob ? |
| 15 | Why do n't you just take a case of it , one of those cases home , one of the empty empty cases ? |
| 16 | Why do n't you just put a rope across it there then , walk across the rope . |
| 17 | Why do n't you just put a line through it . |
| 18 | Why do n't you just put the blame on her then ? |
| 19 | Why ca n't you just use a task request form that says . |
| 20 | Why did n't you just thrust the phone into her hand ? |
| 21 | Ca n't you just get a train into London ? |
| 22 | Ca n't we just put a clause |
| 23 | Why do n't they just print the job supplement ? |
| 24 | Do n't they just think the world of themselves ? ’ |
| 25 | Why , he asks , do n't they just pour the water on the floor and machine-gun it ? |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | why do n't they just let the stuff grow naturally ? |
| 28 | and if you leave a message it will be dealt with and people do leave a message , whereas before when it just said I 'm sorry I 'm not available they did n't they just put the phone down . |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | ‘ Why does n't he just wear a cocktail dress ? ’ asks Richard . |