Example sentences of "why do [not/n't] [pers pn] say [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did n't he write more , why did n't he say where he was ? |
| 2 | So to the middle-aged man who came up to me in the car park and confessed that in the fifth form he had been silently in love with me — why did n't he say so at the time ? |
| 3 | ‘ Why did n't he say so ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ exclaimed the Bookman . |
| 5 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so ? ’ |
| 6 | Why did n't you say so before ? |
| 7 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so at first ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why did n't you say so earlier ? |
| 9 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But , Caro , why did n't you say so before ? |
| 11 | Well , why did n't you say so in the first place ? ’ |
| 12 | If you wanted the report handed in by a certain day , why did n't you say so ? |
| 13 | Oh now why did n't you say so beforehand ! |
| 14 | Why did n't you say so then instead of |
| 15 | The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so-and-so ? and they say ‘ yes ’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes ’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway ’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so ! ’ and you start off on the wrong foot . |
| 16 | ‘ Why did n't you say before that you — ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Why did not you say so then ! ’ |
| 18 | Why do n't you say right out ‘ this middle-class westernized Pakistani girl called Nerina ’ ? |
| 19 | ‘ If you 've got a better idea , why do n't you say so ? ’ |
| 20 | I know but they did n't , he did n't suggest it to you or why does n't he say well there is this er er , you said that he did n't . |