Example sentences of "why [verb] n't i [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Why did n't I go with you ? |
2 | Why did n't I think of it before ! ’ |
3 | Why did n't I think of it ? |
4 | ‘ Now why did n't I think of that ? ’ |
5 | Of course , why did n't I think of that ? ’ |
6 | Of course , why did n't I think of that ? ’ she said sarcastically . |
7 | Why did n't I think of it ? |
8 | Why did n't I think of it before ? ’ |
9 | Why did n't I think of it ? ’ |
10 | Why did n't I think of that ? |
11 | Sometimes they come back from their haunts very cross , and say , " If only I 'd known about that , " or " Why did n't I think of that ? |
12 | Why did n't I think of that … |
13 | ‘ Why did n't I think of that ? said Rincewind . |
14 | ‘ Of course , why did n't I think of it before ? |
15 | ‘ Why did n't I think of that ? |
16 | Why do n't I go to him ? |
17 | Why do n't I feel like that ? |
18 | ‘ Mummy , why do n't I look like Paula ? ’ she had asked , staring wretchedly at her five-year-old reflection in the mirror , but her mother , herself slightly bemused by the young beauty she had produced , had been unable to give her any satisfactory answer . |