Example sentences of "why do [adv] [pron] [verb] so " in BNC.
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1 | 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 ? |
2 | ‘ Why did n't he say so ? ’ |
3 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ exclaimed the Bookman . |
4 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so ? ’ |
5 | Why did n't you say so before ? |
6 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so at first ? |
7 | ‘ Why did n't you say so earlier ? |
8 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ |
9 | ‘ But , Caro , why did n't you say so before ? |
10 | Well , why did n't you say so in the first place ? ’ |
11 | If you wanted the report handed in by a certain day , why did n't you say so ? |
12 | Oh now why did n't you say so beforehand ! |
13 | Why did n't you say so then instead of |
14 | 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 . |
15 | ‘ Why did not you say so then ! ’ |
16 | ‘ If you 've got a better idea , why do n't you say so ? ’ |