Example sentences of "why [pron] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still could n't fathom why I did n't altogether trust the man , ‘ I must be off , ’ I muttered and returned to lim . |
| 2 | Candy would pounce on that like a terrier , demanding to know why she did n't just tell him to get lost . |
| 3 | ‘ As a nurse , I could not understand why she did not directly approach the hospitals concerned , for at that time I had little doubt that she would have received informed , prompt , honest replies . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Mind telling me , sir , why you did n't just wait in the twenty-minute car-park ? |
| 5 | I am still puzzled , to this day , as to why we did n't simply demand a refund and leave ; probably because we had all been looking forward to getting away so much that we were prepared to tolerate anything . |
| 6 | And 40 years ago you — or rather your semi-erect ancestors — were asking us why we did n't just change our name to New Accordion Express . |
| 7 | So he had to stand there , in the office of the Roadworking Operatives Supervisor in the Islington Council Seven Sisters Road Highways Department Depot , sweating like a pig and wondering why they did n't just get on with it and sack him as he listened to Mr Smith and his eyes hurt and he could smell his own body-odour again . |
| 8 | ‘ But what I ca n't understand is why they did n't just take our project in the first place . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's a bit of a loner , ’ Quincx replied , unsure why he did n't just tell Leila his suppositions . |
| 10 | He wondered , more than once , why he did n't just turn round and go home . |