Example sentences of "why do [not/n't] [pron] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did n't we have that one ? |
| 2 | but I , he says he did n't , I mean , since she 's had the chop , but between having the first and then having the twins , the second , she went back to work then at the Building Society , so she 's got a cheaper mortgage , so why did n't they pay some off then ? |
| 3 | I mean , that , very , very occasionally you 'll do something and you 'll think , erm why did n't I do that you think that 's stupid , you know , |
| 4 | And er I can remember several cases years ag you know so going back two or three years where people were debating with me why did n't I put more into National Savings ? |
| 5 | Why did n't I steal some ? |
| 6 | ‘ Why did n't someone shoot that bastard when we were in Normandy ? ’ remarked the occupant of the bunk below me . |
| 7 | Well why did n't she put that into practice by well refusing |
| 8 | Secondly , when readers complain about the lives of writers — why did n't he do this ; why did n't he protest to the newspapers about that ; why was n't he more involved in life ? — are n't they really asking a simpler , and vainer , question : why is n't he more like us ? |
| 9 | Why did n't he do any features ? |
| 10 | Well why did n't he say that yesterday then ? |
| 11 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
| 12 | Why did n't he know most things by intuition — and by listening to the other animals talking ? |
| 13 | ‘ Hyde has been here all this time why did n't he destroy this will ? ’ |
| 14 | Speaking of which , why did n't you marry that lieutenant when I told you to ? |
| 15 | ‘ As you had all this figured out quite some time , I suspect , before I left Rome , why did n't you send those signals yourself ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Why did n't you explain that straight away ? ’ |
| 17 | Why did n't you protect that damned food ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Why did n't you bring this sooner , Mister Richmann ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Why did n't you carry this one through ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Why did n't you mention this before ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Why did n't you do that when you first arrived ? |
| 22 | Why did n't you do that when we were here ? |
| 23 | Now if one was missing , there 'd be a report ; ‘ Why did n't you do this ? |
| 24 | Why did n't you tell any of us ? ’ |
| 25 | Why did n't you come this afternoon ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Why did n't you come this morning , Chief Inspector ? |
| 27 | Why did n't you school this morning ? |
| 28 | Because there were , there were easily three lists of influence on referrals that you need to be attuned to , that I gave you in that one erm praise , give a bit of praise to my wife because all I 'm proud of crafty , I thought , you know , why did n't you say that was a beautiful brief . |
| 29 | Oh , why did n't you say that then ? |
| 30 | So why did n't you say that ? |