Example sentences of "[Wh adv] do [adv] they [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 — |
| 2 | Yeah why did n't they leave it open ? |
| 3 | Why did n't they give you it ? |
| 4 | ‘ If they want our co-operation why did n't they give us prior notice ? |
| 5 | Well that 's what I said why did n't they surround it a mile away . |
| 6 | because they do n't give a specific definition as to what a landlord is or a rich peasant or a middle peasant meant that how that there was a lot of flexibility within that and it 's only later that they have to reissue those two documents on how to analyze the classes which erm which had been published in nineteen thirty which they felt that you know the Party 's moving too far away , but why did n't they do it at the time ? |
| 7 | Why did n't they put it into something solid and endurable ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why did n't they tie you up or guard you or something ? ’ |
| 9 | Why did n't they call it ‘ Psychology for People ’ ? |
| 10 | ‘ Why did n't they let me take Drama ? |
| 11 | Well why did n't they ask us then ? |
| 12 | I 'm actually concerned that if we , did anybody know about this issue earlier on because I think this has been going on for quite some time erm probably over the last two years and if anyone did know then why did n't they address it before and if anyone did n't know , why not ? |
| 13 | Why did n't they supply you with an adaptor ? |
| 14 | Why did n't they kill me off ? |
| 15 | ‘ Then why did n't they kill you immediately ? ’ |
| 16 | Why did n't they join him ? |
| 17 | Because of the recent return to figuration in the last ten years there is an enormous interest in British portraiture , but they put on a show like the ‘ Swagger portrait ’ only at the Tate Gallery ; why do n't they do it at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome ; why not the Palazzo Reale , Milan ? |
| 18 | Mm I mean er why do n't they do it on like the square , how big your house is because that way you could I know it 's not far when people who live in a great big old house do n't have to pay as much cos if this I mean Uncle Trevor and Aunty they 've got a massive great house have n't they ? |
| 19 | And if they want more — of whatever it is — why do n't they tell us ? ’ |
| 20 | I only appear on infrequent occasions , so why do n't they think I 'm just a family friend ? ’ |
| 21 | Why do n't they give them the money to carry on and do all the good work they 've done , which is well worthwhile . |
| 22 | ‘ Why do n't they give us parachutes , for God 's sake ? |
| 23 | Why do n't they show us all Britain ? |
| 24 | So why do n't they admit it ? |
| 25 | Why do n't they collect it together then ? |
| 26 | Since they evidently have a rate control " knob " on their " stroboscope " , why do n't they turn it permanently to maximum , thereby keeping their perception of the world at its most acute , all the time , to meet any emergency ? |
| 27 | Why do n't they spend it here ? |
| 28 | Now if the Government wish to restrict the capital borrowing that we can make , which they do anyway , why do they need to restrict , also , what we do with the results of any spending , why do n't they allow us to spend it perhaps , on the roads , that Mr would like to see built ? |
| 29 | The new houses are pretty standard why do n't they convert them , you know , you guarantee if you use six rolls of wa wallpaper you 'll need one to seven , something silly like that |
| 30 | Why do n't they list them then ? |