Example sentences of "[Wh adv] do [not/n't] [pron] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I was going to say that , I mean if we do do that why do n't we move to a position when , I know it 's not finalized yet , the P As do the twenty six fives , and we try and adapt Sarah to do the whole s the whole of the four sub teams , ma maybe the threshold has to come down a bit , but but at least we 've got some sort of parity of working throughout |
2 | 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 — |
3 | If they had their men inside our organisation , why did n't they act over Helmstadt ? ’ |
4 | 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 ? |
5 | ‘ Why did n't they wait for me ? ’ |
6 | Why did n't I go with you ? |
7 | Why did n't I think of it before ! ’ |
8 | Why did n't I think of it ? |
9 | ‘ Now why did n't I think of that ? ’ |
10 | Of course , why did n't I think of that ? ’ |
11 | Of course , why did n't I think of that ? ’ she said sarcastically . |
12 | Why did n't I think of it ? |
13 | Why did n't I think of it before ? ’ |
14 | Why did n't I think of it ? ’ |
15 | Why did n't I think of that ? |
16 | 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 ? |
17 | Why did n't I think of that … |
18 | ‘ Why did n't I think of that ? said Rincewind . |
19 | ‘ Of course , why did n't I think of it before ? |
20 | ‘ Why did n't I think of that ? |
21 | ‘ Why did n't anyone think of that before ! ’ |
22 | Well why did n't she pay for his lessons then ? |
23 | ‘ Why did n't she send for me years ago ? |
24 | 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 ? ’ |
25 | But why did n't she go on a Saturday then ? |
26 | 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 ? ) . |
27 | 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 ? |
28 | If so , why did n't he stay at home , hiding ? |
29 | ‘ If he was following us , ’ I said , ‘ why did n't he stay in the car ? ’ |
30 | Why did n't he go with the swimmers if he 's not doing anything ? ’ |