Example sentences of "why [verb] [not/n't] [pers pn] do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Document A. That the man , who was belligerent on several occasions at first , threatening the social worker called in by the Visitor , said it was no business of theirs as it was a family matter and that the girl 's father , his own brother , had given his consent , and what more could you want , and there was no higher authority than that , and no wonder there was so much crime on the streets if the government took away the father 's power , and why did n't they do something about crime on the streets instead of invading people 's homes . |
| 2 | ‘ They wanted more details and I said it was a murder dammit and why did n't they do something about it and he said ‘ Another of those ’ and … well they must do something . |
| 3 | There is something wrong with the relationships , there is as well as somebody doing the abuse , there are other people who are somehow complicit in the abuse because they 're allowing it to go on , they must have known , surely they must have known , why did n't they do something ? |
| 4 | because they do n't give a specific definition as to what a landlord is or a rich peasant or a middle peasant meant that how that there was a lot of flexibility within that and it 's only later that they have to reissue those two documents on how to analyze the classes which erm which had been published in nineteen thirty which they felt that you know the Party 's moving too far away , but why did n't they do it at the time ? |
| 5 | ‘ Besides , if the story was so good , why did n't she do anything about it ? ’ |
| 6 | Why do it now , why did n't she do it in the first place . |
| 7 | Why did n't you do something years ago , Mam ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why did n't you do something ? ’ she charged , walking towards him and halting a foot away . |
| 9 | Why did n't you do something ! ’ |
| 10 | Why did n't you do something about it ? |
| 11 | So so when he 'd done it he said well two hundred and fifty quid I heard him and he said but I suppose you know the of it oh I do n't know and he said why did n't you do it ? |
| 12 | Why did n't you do it , start it earlier ? |
| 13 | why did n't you do it on the way home ? |
| 14 | ‘ But why do n't they do something ? ’ |
| 15 | Why do n't they do something about it ? |
| 16 | Because of the recent return to figuration in the last ten years there is an enormous interest in British portraiture , but they put on a show like the ‘ Swagger portrait ’ only at the Tate Gallery ; why do n't they do it at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome ; why not the Palazzo Reale , Milan ? |
| 17 | Mm I mean er why do n't they do it on like the square , how big your house is because that way you could I know it 's not far when people who live in a great big old house do n't have to pay as much cos if this I mean Uncle Trevor and Aunty they 've got a massive great house have n't they ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The question is not what can we do about the greenhouse effect , but why do n't we do anything ? |
| 20 | Why do n't we do it ? ’ and we all agreed rather tentatively that it might be a good idea . |
| 21 | ‘ So why do n't we do it ? |
| 22 | This is a great idea — why do n't we do it more often . |
| 23 | ‘ Why do n't we do ourselves a favour ? ’ she said through her teeth . |
| 24 | Why do n't you do one , two |
| 25 | I 'm sure you 'll come up with all kinds of ideas of your own , but for starters why do n't you do something you know really well — the world of fashion . ’ |
| 26 | Why do n't you do something useful like clearing out the kitchen ? |
| 27 | Why do n't you do something that will get you somewhere , Karim ? ’ |
| 28 | Tugging the jeans over her thighs , she said : ‘ Why do n't you do something about that bitch at Larksoken , the one suing Neil ? |
| 29 | " Why do n't you do something useful like sewing ? |
| 30 | Eloise , why do n't you do something remarkable in Adolph 's memory ? ’ |