Example sentences of "why [vb base] not [pers pn] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do n't they make adequate provision for their children ? ' |
| 2 | If the Manic Street Preachers are so Jonathan-Kinging radical why do n't they go round Channel 4 and kick Terry Christian 's smug , ugly , homophobic face in and then cut Amanda De Torybimbo 's Barbie-doll head off with a rusty cake slice ? |
| 3 | If bats are capable of boosting their sampling rates to 200 pulses per second , why do n't they keep this up all the time ? |
| 4 | I says to Tommy , why do n't they buy one of them big caravans , I said , because every time they get |
| 5 | If programmers need all that RAM why do n't they use Expanded or Extended memory so that they can leave a fair slice of the base memory to the system ? |
| 6 | So I say , if it 's good for one pensioner to that , why do n't they allow other pensioners to pay it ? |
| 7 | Why do n't they civilianise chief constables could be a job for you in Gaza . |
| 8 | Three months on I er I 'm even mor angry , appalled and disgusted at the hypocrisy of the members opposite because , if they really care about the unemployed , why do n't they support this Scheme ? |
| 9 | Why do n't they teach English as English , that 's what I want to know . |
| 10 | Why do n't they put all the leaders of all the countries up in the air |
| 11 | Why do n't we make central government responsible for everything ? |
| 12 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ why do n't we simplify this ? |
| 13 | There 's no fee just come in and do it and anybody else who wants will have a wart clinic on the air why do n't we do that ? |
| 14 | ‘ Why do n't we do that very thing . ’ |
| 15 | Well , why do n't we do that then ? |
| 16 | Well why do n't we do that ? |
| 17 | And if you look back at the minutes and then Yona I think she 's great as the secretary because she does n't let anything go but on the other hand she 's pretty informal about and the way th that over the weeks you know somebody er Julie or June or Mervia Ann come up with the suggestion that they maybe feel why do n't we do this and then by the next week it 's turned into a a rally or a big picket or or a record . |
| 18 | So why do n't we do this other one , your your static |
| 19 | Why do n't we shoulder all the burdens of this wretched country ? |
| 20 | Why do n't we leave this ? |
| 21 | Why do n't we send half our force forward , parallel to theirs ? |
| 22 | Why do n't we change that ? |
| 23 | They say , ‘ Why do n't we show this great movie one evening ? ’ without considering how this ‘ great movie ’ contributes . |
| 24 | Why do n't we go next week ? |
| 25 | ‘ Why do n't we sell own brand contact lens solutions which would be cheaper ? ’ |
| 26 | Why do n't we have that then . |
| 27 | Now if you 're talking about filling the seats it 's obvious that the people in Harlow like that type of thing so why do n't we have more of it . . |
| 28 | Why do n't we take that to the kitchen then , it 'll be out of the way . |
| 29 | ‘ Why do n't we live more ? ’ he had exhorted Theo . |
| 30 | Or we can say , why do n't we push British Coal , let's see if you can get you back to work doing something different . |