Example sentences of "well why [verb] n't [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm set of numbers , erm any way he was coming round and I just kept saying well I 'm stuck a minute , he says why , I says it does n't look right he says well why does n't it look right ? , he said well why does n't it look right ? , |
| 2 | erm set of numbers , erm any way he was coming round and I just kept saying well I 'm stuck a minute , he says why , I says it does n't look right he says well why does n't it look right ? , he said well why does n't it look right ? , |
| 3 | Well why does n't he sell you his ticket ? |
| 4 | Well why does n't he put bloody newspaper there ? |
| 5 | Well why does n't she buy him a computer ? |
| 6 | Well why did n't they ask us then ? |
| 7 | Well why did n't they get a mile away from where they put that money they could 've , they could 've been planned it away , a mile away all |
| 8 | Well why did n't we see it ? |
| 9 | Well why did n't you tell me ? |
| 10 | Well why did n't you take them ? |
| 11 | When , when you 'd gone Lindsey said well why did n't you take me . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | I said , well why did n't you get up . |
| 14 | well why did n't you get paid overtime ? |
| 15 | Well why did n't you say that ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Well why did n't she pay for his lessons then ? |
| 18 | Well why did n't she tell them |
| 19 | Well why did n't she put that into practice by well refusing |
| 20 | Well why did n't he put something in |
| 21 | Well why did n't he use yours and |
| 22 | Well why did n't he get on with it ? |
| 23 | Well why did n't he say that yesterday then ? |
| 24 | Er , you might just say well why do n't we pass that on to the clients , but we do n't . |
| 25 | So , there 's perhaps an idea for you is when you go back and you wan na get a bit of clout with your boss is to say well why do n't we set up a er training matrix just to check where everyone 's . |
| 26 | Well why do n't we give her flowers ? 'Cause we 've given her flowers . |
| 27 | Well why do n't we do that ? |
| 28 | So when the boys and I met and they said over tea I th , well why do n't we do something about a love affair , it just seemed right . |
| 29 | Well why do n't we call her Sam ? |
| 30 | I , well that was where it came from I mean cos we were all sitting there and I said well why do n't we call it it was , it was that or Bailey 's Irish Cream and absolute we could get away with . |