Example sentences of "why [verb] n't [pron] [vb infin] [indef pn] " 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 | Why did n't somebody do something ? |
| 5 | ‘ When she came to me , why did n't I get somebody to identify her ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Besides , if the story was so good , why did n't she do anything about it ? ’ |
| 7 | Why did n't she know anything ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why did n't she say anything ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Why did n't she ask someone ? ’ |
| 10 | But why did n't he tell anybody about ? |
| 11 | He says if he wanted an equestrian centre , why did n't he buy one instead of ruining people 's lives . |
| 12 | Well , he said he was a writer , and I said I was looking for plays to invest in and why did n't he write one about his friend , and a couple of months later he 'd written something pretty splendid , had n't he ? |
| 13 | Well why did n't he put something in |
| 14 | Why did n't you record anything ? |
| 15 | Why did n't you lock someone up ? ’ |
| 16 | Why did n't you do something years ago , Mam ? |
| 17 | ‘ Why did n't you do something ? ’ she charged , walking towards him and halting a foot away . |
| 18 | Why did n't you do something ! ’ |
| 19 | Why did n't you do something about it ? |
| 20 | ‘ Why did n't you tell anyone you were leaving ? |
| 21 | ‘ Why did n't you tell someone ? ’ asked Juliet . |
| 22 | But why n why did n't you have one . |
| 23 | ‘ Why did n't you say something when Bailey was here ? ’ |
| 24 | Taken by surprise , she could not answer for a moment and than said angrily , ‘ If you knew , why did n't you say something before ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Belinda , love , why did n't you say something ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Why did n't you say something ? ’ |
| 27 | I said to her why did n't you say something and she said oh well it 's not up to me , it 's nothing to do with me and I said well , it 's more to do with you than |
| 28 | ‘ But why did n't you say anything ? |
| 29 | " Why did n't you use anything ? " is a familiar question , and there are various explanations — getting pregnant may have an unreal quality about it , something which younger teenagers in particular may feel , and even if they know the risks they assume that they 'll be lucky . |
| 30 | ‘ But why do n't they do something ? ’ |