Example sentences of "[adv] did [not/n't] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Why ever did n't you send for him before ? |
2 | Same goes , I supposed , for today 's batsmen ; though did n't he play on better pitches ? |
3 | Well did n't you wave to him through the window ? |
4 | Margaret panicked , she 'd got the wrong number , the wrong place , the wrong advertisement , why did n't they get off the line , why did n't they leave her — |
5 | If they had their men inside our organisation , why did n't they act over Helmstadt ? ’ |
6 | 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 ? |
7 | ‘ Why did n't they wait for me ? ’ |
8 | Why did n't I go with you ? |
9 | Why did n't I think of it before ! ’ |
10 | Why did n't I think of it ? |
11 | ‘ Now why did n't I think of that ? ’ |
12 | Of course , why did n't I think of that ? ’ |
13 | Of course , why did n't I think of that ? ’ she said sarcastically . |
14 | Why did n't I think of it ? |
15 | Why did n't I think of it before ? ’ |
16 | Why did n't I think of it ? ’ |
17 | Why did n't I think of that ? |
18 | Sometimes they come back from their haunts very cross , and say , " If only I 'd known about that , " or " Why did n't I think of that ? |
19 | Why did n't I think of that … |
20 | ‘ Why did n't I think of that ? said Rincewind . |
21 | ‘ Of course , why did n't I think of it before ? |
22 | ‘ Why did n't I think of that ? |
23 | Well why did n't she pay for his lessons then ? |
24 | ‘ Why did n't she send for me years ago ? |
25 | What I do n't understand is , if she wanted you to be adopted from the start , why did n't she go through the usual channels ? ’ |
26 | But why did n't she go on a Saturday then ? |
27 | HOWEVER , the ball then rolled 15 yds was stopped by Newell and kicked immediately to Shearer , who hit the ball bloody well and scored ( so why did n't he score vs Holland eh ? ) . |
28 | Secondly , when readers complain about the lives of writers — why did n't he do this ; why did n't he protest to the newspapers about that ; why was n't he more involved in life ? — are n't they really asking a simpler , and vainer , question : why is n't he more like us ? |
29 | If so , why did n't he stay at home , hiding ? |
30 | ‘ If he was following us , ’ I said , ‘ why did n't he stay in the car ? ’ |