Example sentences of "[Wh adv] do n't [pers pn] do [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So why did n't they do away with it altogether , or at least bury thing . ’ |
| 2 | I mean , that , very , very occasionally you 'll do something and you 'll think , erm why did n't I do that you think that 's stupid , you know , |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | Why did n't he do any features ? |
| 5 | ‘ Why did n't you do that when you first arrived ? |
| 6 | Why did n't you do that when we were here ? |
| 7 | Now if one was missing , there 'd be a report ; ‘ Why did n't you do this ? |
| 8 | There 's no fee just come in and do it and anybody else who wants will have a wart clinic on the air why do n't we do that ? |
| 9 | ‘ Why do n't we do that very thing . ’ |
| 10 | Well , why do n't we do that then ? |
| 11 | Well why do n't we do that ? |
| 12 | And if you look back at the minutes and then Yona I think she 's great as the secretary because she does n't let anything go but on the other hand she 's pretty informal about and the way th that over the weeks you know somebody er Julie or June or Mervia Ann come up with the suggestion that they maybe feel why do n't we do this and then by the next week it 's turned into a a rally or a big picket or or a record . |
| 13 | So why do n't we do this other one , your your static |
| 14 | Be careful not to qualify praise ( do not , for instance , say , ‘ Thank you for taking out the rubbish — why do n't you do that all the time ? ’ ) . |
| 15 | And you 've done them a bit all green have n't you , why do n't you do some of erm |
| 16 | Your teachers can say , Oh why do n't you do this . |
| 17 | why do n't you do this ? |
| 18 | I could n't say ‘ Why do n't you do this for me ? ’ or ‘ I want this or that . ’ |
| 19 | Why does n't he do this ? |