Example sentences of "[pers pn] not [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did I not stop the lorry by the power of Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) ? ’ |
| 2 | Would I or would I not welcome the security of a rope ? |
| 3 | I thought for thought for fifteen minutes I was er should I or should I not join the company . |
| 4 | Not only did she not read the charge but the folding back of the pages would have tended to discourage her from doing so . |
| 5 | Does she not know the truth , that after marriage , life changes . |
| 6 | Could she not sustain the momentum , not just on tradesmen 's credit but on borrowed money ? |
| 7 | Not only could she not translate the hour , but the light , the leaves on the trees , the noise of trains and traffic were meaningless . |
| 8 | And you , ’ she added , greatly daring — but , since the Master was quizzing her so relentlessly , why should she not quiz the Master ? |
| 9 | Would you not think a statute prohibiting abortion except in the case of rape distinctly better than a statute prohibiting abortion except to women born in one specified decade each century ? |
| 10 | But do you not think the life of the Thirties , the daily life , was much more terrible ? |
| 11 | ‘ Will you not make a sound ? ’ he whispered pleadingly . |
| 12 | ‘ Not only do you not wear a wedding-ring , but you have the air , the aura of sexual uncertainty which belies a history of nights spent in connubial bliss . ’ |
| 13 | Did you not talk the back of my mind about change to the report system ? |
| 14 | memo could you not mention the producer quite so much nobody out there knows who he is . |
| 15 | ‘ Why did you not call the fire brigade ? ’ he asked . |
| 16 | Would you not join the army Willy ? |
| 17 | Did you not notice the gatehouse ? ’ |
| 18 | Did you not put the tooth paste on it ? |
| 19 | ‘ Could you not take a powder ? |
| 20 | Could you not use the drama teachers in those schools to carry out the kind some of this kind of marketing as well . |
| 21 | they have n't , did you not read the article in the er Telegraph ? |
| 22 | ‘ Do you not know the story of the Persian warrior who was marching to battle ? ’ |
| 23 | Do you not know the Zikr ? |
| 24 | Do you not know the sort you 're running with ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Did you or did you not get a cheque ? ’ |
| 26 | Did you not get the sack ? |
| 27 | Should you not suspend the sitting until there is someone on the Tory Benches who is capable of walking over and picking up the notes to the Minister ? |
| 28 | Unless you return to the UK with my business , not only do you not have a job , but the whole future of Grantham and Marsh is on the line . ’ |
| 29 | Not only would you not have the time to deal with them all , but you 'd be harassing the public and getting the police a bad name ’ ( FN 23/4/87 , p. 2 ) . |
| 30 | Why will you not understand the psychology that is so important in the national question and which , if the slightest coercion is applied , besmirches , soils and nullifies the undoubtedly progressive importance of centralized large States and a uniform language ? |