Example sentences of "[adv] why did [not/n't] you [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So why did n't you go and get some out ? |
| 2 | So why did n't you tell them , like Lucy comes late and you have to wait for her and everything ? |
| 3 | ‘ So why did n't you stand up to them before ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ So why did n't you bargain with him ? |
| 5 | So why did n't you say that ? |
| 6 | So why did n't you let me have that one then ? |
| 7 | So why did n't you let me go |
| 8 | So why did n't you take her , John thinks . |
| 9 | Oh now why did n't you say so beforehand ! |
| 10 | Well why did n't you tell me ? |
| 11 | Well why did n't you take them ? |
| 12 | When , when you 'd gone Lindsey said well why did n't you take me . |
| 13 | cos it was all fresh cos he was gon na get meat tomorrow and the following day , so I says to him I says well why did n't you use your cheque book ? , he says oh I never thought of that he says , cos it takes a few days to get it , he do n't know with a cheque book |
| 14 | I said , well why did n't you get up . |
| 15 | well why did n't you get paid overtime ? |
| 16 | Well why did n't you say that ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ Then why did n't you go to see Sir Charles ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Then why did n't you go straight to the police with what he 'd told you ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Then why did n't you make the list out yourself , if there 's so many things wrong in it ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Then why did n't you tell me before , you fool ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Then why did n't you disillusion me ? ’ he demanded angrily . |
| 23 | ‘ Then why did n't you bother to go and see him ? ’ she asked suspiciously . |
| 24 | ‘ Then why did n't you leave him to it and get on with your own life ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Then why did n't you hang it over the side of the punt ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so at first ? |