Example sentences of "why did not " in BNC.
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| 31 | At this moment of crisis , ludicrously irrelevant thoughts swarmed into her head : ‘ Why did n't you chase it yourself ? |
| 32 | There was no reply and Clarissa said they could n't hear him , so why did n't he leave it ? ’ |
| 33 | Why did n't you just say no and close the window ? |
| 34 | so why did n't Khrushchev go ahead and provoke the war ? |
| 35 | ‘ Why did n't you like her ? ’ |
| 36 | ‘ Well , why did n't you want me to touch the skull ? ’ |
| 37 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me who you were from the start ? |
| 38 | Why did n't you tell me ? |
| 39 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me that ? ’ |
| 40 | ‘ Why did n't you call out for help ? ’ |
| 41 | ‘ Why did n't they float ? ’ |
| 42 | Why did n't Connolly write a rock and roll film , said Puttnam . |
| 43 | 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 ? |
| 44 | I was furious and shouted : ‘ Why did n't you come sooner ? ’ |
| 45 | ‘ Then why did n't you tell me before , you fool ? ’ |
| 46 | ‘ Why did n't I find your house ? ’ |
| 47 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ exclaimed the Bookman . |
| 48 | ‘ But why did n't you tell me about him before ? |
| 49 | Why did n't I think of it before ! ’ |
| 50 | Reaching for a beer from the icebox , Trent flipped the cap and asked casually , ‘ Why did n't you fly them in ? ’ |
| 51 | Why did n't Britain follow suit ? |
| 52 | Why did n't you ? ’ |
| 53 | ‘ So why did n't you bargain with him ? |
| 54 | Why did n't you say you 'd be his fucking shadow if he 'd give you tenure ? ’ |
| 55 | Why did n't they wait for the passengers to get off first , instead of squeezing themselves , their sacks of wheat and bicycles on at the same time that others were dragging their possessions off ? |
| 56 | Why did n't W B Yeats immortalise him in a poem ? |
| 57 | ‘ Why did n't you have a shower before dinner ? |
| 58 | ‘ Why did n't you get help before ? ’ asked Miss Fogerty . |
| 59 | Why did n't he try for my wallet ? ’ |
| 60 | Why did n't he want to remember it ? |