Example sentences of "why [not/n't] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why not do it at 'ome ? ’ |
| 2 | After all , if you can borrow ( or exchange your existing UK mortgage where you are paying rates at the highest level in real terms for over a century ) for a Swiss franc mortgage at around 9.5 per cent , a mark mortgage at just under 10 per cent , an Ecu mortgage ( Ecu is the European currency unit which is made up of a ‘ basket ’ of 10 currencies including sterling ) at about 10 per cent or a Japanese yen mortgage at just under 8 per cent , why not do so ? |
| 3 | ‘ Why not do it yourself ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Why not do the walk yourself ? ’ |
| 5 | Why not do likewise and build up your own record of your progress within the organisation ? |
| 6 | Finally , if he was prepared to visit Sanders to make the appointment , why not do so for the lessons as well ? ’ |
| 7 | Why not do as he says , and let him send you to Nicosia as an envoy ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Well , why not do so ? |
| 9 | We are knocking on the door of the League and I said to him : ‘ Why not do a Barnet here ? ’ ’ |
| 10 | Why not do it and leave it ready the day before , then all that is needed is one minute to set the garter carriage in operation and you will come home to a sleeve which only has to be cast off . |
| 11 | Ireland did it against Italy on New Year 's Eve 1988 and Wales are scheduled to award caps for their game with the Italians in Cardiff on October 7th this year , so why not do the same , Scotland ? |
| 12 | Microsoft may have decided not to bundle SQL Server directly in order maintain good relations with other database suppliers , ‘ but why not do it the other way around ? ’ asks Schuster . |
| 13 | Microsoft may have decided not to bundle SQL Server directly in order maintain good relations with other database suppliers , ‘ but why not do it the other way around ? ’ asks Schuster . |
| 14 | " Fiver , why not do as I say ? |
| 15 | Andrée said not unreasonably , ‘ Why not do as I ask you and let me look after the consequences ? ’ |
| 16 | So why not do it with Xs , because there 's more chance of an error . |
| 17 | But … if , as they say , this is all in the mind , ie it is all down to your guilty conscience — excuse the expression — why not do something about it ? |
| 18 | And then he began to think , why not do it , why not ? |
| 19 | ‘ Then why not do that , sir ? ’ |
| 20 | Why not do the same today with computers ? |
| 21 | ‘ With a river handy , and you past resistance , why not do the obvious thing , and shove you far enough in to make sure the current took you ? |
| 22 | Why not do something ? |
| 23 | Why not do something daring and take the Local Government Chronicle ? |
| 24 | So why not do it then ? |
| 25 | Why not do the whole thing in plastic ? |
| 26 | Charging pensioners and children for medical prescriptions picked that one up and dropped it like a hot potato and charging for hospital treatment and why so why not do a U-turn on on this one ? |
| 27 | So why not do so ? |
| 28 | Why not do it at home , away from the distractions of the office , is the important thing . |