Example sentences of "[Wh adv] do [adv] they [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah why did n't they leave it open ? |
| 2 | Well that 's what I said why did n't they surround it a mile away . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | Why did n't they put it into something solid and endurable ? |
| 5 | Why did n't they call it ‘ Psychology for People ’ ? |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | So why do n't they admit it ? |
| 10 | Why do n't they collect it together then ? |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | Why do n't they spend it here ? |
| 13 | Why do n't they have it right down there at that end where there 's no smoking and the little children would be right out of the way . |
| 14 | Why do n't they put it in the recycling centre ? |
| 15 | Why do n't they put it on the ? |