Example sentences of "n't [pers pn] say so " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Well why the flamin' hell did n't you say so ? ’ |
2 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ exclaimed the Bookman . |
3 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so ? ’ |
4 | Why the hell did n't you say so ? ’ |
5 | Why did n't you say so before ? |
6 | Would n't you say so , Fergal ? |
7 | " Well , why the bloody Hell did n't you say so out there when we was with them instead of making me look like a bloody fool ? " |
8 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so at first ? |
9 | ‘ Why did n't you say so earlier ? |
10 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ |
11 | ‘ If you 've got a better idea , why do n't you say so ? ’ |
12 | ‘ Then why on earth did n't you say so at the time ? ’ |
13 | More — a delightful surprise , would n't you say so , Rohan ? ’ |
14 | ‘ But , Caro , why did n't you say so before ? |
15 | Well , why did n't you say so in the first place ? ’ |
16 | If you wanted the report handed in by a certain day , why did n't you say so ? |
17 | Oh now why did n't you say so beforehand ! |
18 | Did n't you say so ? |
19 | Why did n't you say so then instead of |
20 | 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 . |
21 | Why should n't we say so ? |
22 | All you get is contempt , did n't they say so ? |
23 | 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 ? |
24 | ‘ Why did n't he say so ? ’ |
25 | His voice changed to a snarl : ‘ Then why the hell did n't he say so ? ’ |