Example sentences of "why [pers pn] did not just [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Candy would pounce on that like a terrier , demanding to know why she did n't just tell him to get lost . |
| 2 | ‘ Mind telling me , sir , why you did n't just wait in the twenty-minute car-park ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ But what I ca n't understand is why they did n't just take our project in the first place . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's a bit of a loner , ’ Quincx replied , unsure why he did n't just tell Leila his suppositions . |
| 7 | He wondered , more than once , why he did n't just turn round and go home . |