Example sentences of "why [pers pn] [verb] [not/n't] [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 | ‘ Women like you turn my stomach ! ’ he grated harshly , and , clearly fed up to the teeth with her , ‘ I do n't know why I do n't just terminate your employment and get rid of you ! ’ |
| 3 | Cats do n't usually take to car travel , that 's why I do n't often take any of mine with me , and shutting them up in cages goes against the grain , but my sister 's two Burmese love the car , they 'll go and sit in the car when it parked . |
| 4 | That 's why I do n't ever do any work . |
| 5 | Candy would pounce on that like a terrier , demanding to know why she did n't just tell him to get lost . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Mind telling me , sir , why you did n't just wait in the twenty-minute car-park ? |
| 8 | That 's why you do n't just get a print-out every month from us ; you get a set of charge forms . |
| 9 | ‘ If you intend me to infer that she was pregnant , then for the life of me I can see no reason why you do n't actually say so . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ But what I ca n't understand is why they did n't just take our project in the first place . |
| 14 | I do n't know why they do n't just open the gates and let us all out now . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't know why they do n't just keep the to- bloody-gether . |
| 16 | Of course , they are being treated with the contempt they deserve and you have to wonder why they do n't just get a life … |
| 17 | why they do n't just put a screen up |
| 18 | All that helps to explain why businessmen are keen to talk up prospects in official surveys and why they do n't really believe all that they say . |
| 19 | I do nt know why they do nt just leave an outside broadcast team with them on a permanent basis . |
| 20 | Even after all this time , they still speak ill of him ; why it does not therefore make me , his victim , welcome among People I do not know . |
| 21 | ) I f he 's that frightened , though , I do n't know why he does n't just throw it out . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's a bit of a loner , ’ Quincx replied , unsure why he did n't just tell Leila his suppositions . |
| 23 | He wondered , more than once , why he did n't just turn round and go home . |