Example sentences of "why [verb] [not/n't] somebody " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards he complained bitterly to other government officers of the uselessness of such a DPR , and on being told of my background , retorted angrily , ‘ Why did n't somebody warn me that the man was a bloody missionary ? ’ |
| 2 | Why did n't somebody do something ? |
| 3 | the interesting thing about that is why did n't somebody of his maturity and experience ask for it |
| 4 | ‘ Why does n't somebody tell him all about me ? ’ she thought . |
| 5 | Why had n't somebody checked that they had n't left their spears for all and sundry to trip over ? |