Example sentences of "[Wh adv] do [not/n't] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | At the Marquee , Phil 's father said that Ralph was using us — he just wanted us to play tonight and then it was all over , we 're finished , so why did n't we finish now ? |
| 2 | Why did n't they go straight to agricultural college ? |
| 3 | Why did n't I go straight to the Star Council ? ’ |
| 4 | Why did n't I go home to my own country taking with me the sheet which bore the stains of my virginity . |
| 5 | Why did n't it flash then ? |
| 6 | Why did n't he go away ? |
| 7 | So to the middle-aged man who came up to me in the car park and confessed that in the fifth form he had been silently in love with me — why did n't he say so at the time ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why did n't he say so ? ’ |
| 9 | Why did n't he write again ? |
| 10 | Why did n't he write more , why did n't he say where he was ? |
| 11 | ‘ Why did n't you go away when I asked you ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ If you knew Simon wanted to nick Bella 's money , why did n't you go straight round there and tell her ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Then why did n't you go straight to the police with what he 'd told you ? ’ |
| 14 | Why did you go back to London in the first place ? — why did n't you stay here ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ And why did n't you come straight home ? ’ |
| 16 | I was furious and shouted : ‘ Why did n't you come sooner ? ’ |
| 17 | Rain was going to conceal her knowledge of his searches but Oliver bounced in with : ‘ Why did n't you ask rather than search Rain 's bag and car ? ’ |
| 18 | Why did n't you phone before ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ exclaimed the Bookman . |
| 20 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so ? ’ |
| 21 | Why did n't you say so before ? |
| 22 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so at first ? |
| 23 | ‘ Why did n't you say so earlier ? |
| 24 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But , Caro , why did n't you say so before ? |
| 26 | Well , why did n't you say so in the first place ? ’ |
| 27 | If you wanted the report handed in by a certain day , why did n't you say so ? |
| 28 | Oh now why did n't you say so beforehand ! |
| 29 | Why did n't you say so then instead of |
| 30 | The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so-and-so ? and they say ‘ yes ’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes ’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway ’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so ! ’ and you start off on the wrong foot . |