Example sentences of "[verb] not [pron] just [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | He knew it was what they wanted to do , what they had planned to do , so why did n't they just do it then ? |
2 | And why did n't they just pad you — why did you have to put on weight specially for it ? |
3 | Who did n't they just throw him out ? |
4 | ‘ Why did n't you just tell him the truth ? ’ |
5 | Why did n't you just leave it in the erm inside the front player ? |
6 | But if you wanted to take your revenge and kill me , because of some ancient grudge against somebody who 's been dust for 200 years , then why did n't you just do it last night at my house ? |
7 | ‘ And did n't you just do your best ? ’ |
8 | ‘ Why did n't you just use your key , and why have you brought him ? ’ she demanded , pointing her bony finger at Frankie . |
9 | Why did n't you just put her back into bed ! |
10 | Why did n't I just post them to her ? |
11 | ‘ Did n't I just know it ! |
12 | Did n't I just know it ! ’ the Californian curses . |
13 | Did n't I just say it was Sadie ? ’ |
14 | Did n't I just say it . |
15 | Why did n't he just say she looked absolutely wonderful ? |
16 | If that was what the speaker intended to say , why did n't he just say it ? |
17 | A wild idea occurred to him — why did n't he just get his spare shirts and the few pieces that he 'd picked up while he 'd been staying here , throw them all into a bag , and jump on a train or a bus to present himself on their doorstep ? |
18 | And why do n't we just change our name to New Morrissey Express and be done with it ? |
19 | OK , so why 's he on the cover , and why do n't we just change our name to New Morrissey Express and be done with it ? |
20 | ‘ Why do n't we just brave it out ? ’ asked Billie . |
21 | ‘ She 's in such agony , ’ stormed Perdita , ‘ why do n't we just put her out of her misery ? ’ |
22 | Why do n't we just call it New Mancunian Express and have done with it ? |
23 | Like , when they all went off and I thought well I do n't see , why do n't they just stop it . |
24 | I mean they do n't they just make everybody worse off . |
25 | Of course the legendary Super Champ ( why do n't they just bring it back and be done with it ) was the nearest thing to a ‘ Boogie in a matchbox ’ ( or , for that matter , why do n't Boogie ? ) and I suppose the Champ 12 forms an obvious transitional link between that and this new model . |
26 | Why do n't they just throw them away ! |
27 | Why do n't they just take their |
28 | Ah , no we do n't I just head it , eight hundred H T |
29 | Why do n't I just forget him ? |
30 | They keep questioning me , always asking where I was what I did why I did it , did all of them where I was who I was with who am I trying to kid why do n't I just admit I did it well if I did n't do all these things , who did ? |