Example sentences of "n't we " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ — well anyway , I remembered the last time she was here this Mrs Heatherington-Scott made a set at Sir Harry Destry , like Thomas said , and — well , we all know what happened that time , do n't we ? |
| 2 | Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’ |
| 3 | He wanted an open relationship after a while which meant him bringing bits of trade back and then saying could n't we be just sisters ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why do n't we go over to Richard and Jane 's one evening ? |
| 5 | Did n't we share a bath when we were little , ride ponies together when we were bigger ? |
| 6 | Have n't we been home loads to times to where Granny and all your cousins … |
| 7 | Yet , have n't we tried to teach and think in non-racial history ? |
| 8 | Yet virtually the first time we climbed together , had n't we spent nigh on a month clipping bolts in France and loving it ? |
| 9 | Well we learned all too well , did n't we ? |
| 10 | Do n't we have in him a formalist , in fact an aesthete ? |
| 11 | 'Well could n't we change the key ? ’ |
| 12 | An attendant Labour press officer mumbled : ‘ We 're shameless are n't we ? ’ |
| 13 | We called on you earlier tonight , did n't we ? |
| 14 | Did n't we call earlier and you told us she was your girlfriend ? |
| 15 | Codes of practice set out by bodies such as the RYA to avoid the effects of contaminated waterways are all very well , but should n't we be taking direct action upon the problem itself — rather than making the best of a bad job ? |
| 16 | You may ask me then : ‘ Why do n't we do just that ? why has there been this passionate search for some other method of preventing the fall in the value of money or controlling the fall in the value of money , if a cause and perhaps the major cause is undisputed , assessable and obvious ? ’ |
| 17 | But do n't we also know , if only in our dreams , that even as we do so we will one day just as surely tall down it ? |
| 18 | We could call it community work , could n't we . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Have n't we two houses of our own ? ’ |
| 20 | Ca n't we go to the Royal for them ? ’ |
| 21 | Why do n't we just go away for the day ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Are n't we lucky to have met and to have this whole day to ourselves and the sea and the sky , ’ Rose said enthusiastically . |
| 23 | One tentative voice asked if I meant ‘ deprived women like those of the East End ’ , but this too was slapped down by others — ‘ in these days of inflation , are n't we all deprived ? ’ |
| 24 | I mean , we all want to love him , do n't we ? |
| 25 | And the sailor said , ’ Have it your own way but if we do n't we 'll never have kids . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We are getting better , are n't we ? ’ said the nurse skittishly . |
| 27 | The lightning flared into his face and , covering his eyes with one hand , he said desperately , ‘ For God 's sake ca n't we go downstairs ? ’ |
| 28 | 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 ? |
| 29 | ‘ But of course we know something about it , do n't we ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Are n't we coming ? ’ |