Example sentences of "why [verb] [not/n't] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | The use of a ‘ killer phrase ’ such as ‘ Well , if that 's such a great idea , why has n't someone else done it ? ’ is like telling a parent that their child has no talent . |
2 | But the RCA executive just said ‘ If that 's such a good idea , why has n't someone else tried it ’ . |
3 | Yes I do think you need to why do n't you just try dishing it up out of the thing ? |
4 | Why did n't we just check things in at the beginning and check things out at the end ? |
5 | Why did n't they just stop at the sea ? |
6 | And why did n't they just pad you — why did you have to put on weight specially for it ? |
7 | He knew it was what they wanted to do , what they had planned to do , so why did n't they just do it then ? |
8 | However , they were originally scheduled for different nights , but it has always been possible for this scenario to arrise , so why did n't they just schedule the matches to be played at the same time no matter what ? |
9 | Why did n't they just dismount ? ’ |
10 | ‘ It was the time they started sending memos out to referees , and I said straight why did n't they just get on with administration and leave us to do the bloody job on the field . |
11 | Why did n't they just cancel the whole thing ? ’ |
12 | Fabian grumbles : ‘ Ah , why did n't I just go to Hungary as well … |
13 | Why did n't I just post them to her ? |
14 | Of course , you 'd read of these places and screwed up your nose in disgust and said such things should n't be permitted , and why did n't someone else do something about it . |
15 | Why did n't she just leave , Charlie was used to it . |
16 | I said I did n't think her opinion was worth very much : if that was the opinion she had of her husband then naturally he preferred someone who admired , loved , trusted and desired him , and why did n't she just go away ? |
17 | It would be easy enough to ask him straight if there was any truth in it , so why did n't she just come on out and ask ? |
18 | Once she 'd put the phone down on him the previous night she 'd regretted her skittish way with him , and , after a heart-to-heart with Marlin in which she 'd told him she wanted to go back to England , and he 'd replied that it would all seem different in the morning and why did n't she just take a pill and lie down , she 'd decided to call him back . |
19 | Why did n't he just stay where he was behind the vehi Everyone else was taking their time . |
20 | Why did n't he just go while she could still maintain some degree of composure , this deliberate distancing of herself from the rapture that had possessed her before the telephone rang ? |
21 | A wild idea occurred to him — why did n't he just get his spare shirts and the few pieces that he 'd picked up while he 'd been staying here , throw them all into a bag , and jump on a train or a bus to present himself on their doorstep ? |
22 | Why did n't he just say she looked absolutely wonderful ? |
23 | If that was what the speaker intended to say , why did n't he just say it ? |
24 | Why did n't he just vomit in public like some of his colleagues ? |
25 | Why did n't he ever buy me anything ? |
26 | What was the idea what was the idea of coal tokens and milk tokens , why did n't you just buy Why did n't you just pay for the coal and the milk ? |
27 | ‘ Why did n't you just tell him the truth ? ’ |
28 | Why did n't you just leave it in the erm inside the front player ? |
29 | Well why did n't you just bring the note and show it to me ? |
30 | But if you wanted to take your revenge and kill me , because of some ancient grudge against somebody who 's been dust for 200 years , then why did n't you just do it last night at my house ? |