Example sentences of "why [vb past] [not/n't] [pers pn] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And when I came across people who told me I must be , at best , gullible to believe in metaphysics ( and why did n't I rejoin their random , meaningless reality ? ) , then I had invited them into my world . |
| 32 | Why did n't I pick him up on that ? |
| 33 | ‘ When she came to me , why did n't I get somebody to identify her ? ’ |
| 34 | Why did n't she want you to work there ? |
| 35 | ‘ Besides , if the story was so good , why did n't she do anything about it ? ’ |
| 36 | Why do it now , why did n't she do it in the first place . |
| 37 | Why did n't she throw her own ? |
| 38 | Well why did n't she tell them |
| 39 | Why did n't she tell me she was going to lie down ? ’ |
| 40 | I mean , why did n't she tell me the truth , I can understand you know , I could , you know , I could perha if she 'd just tell me the truth you know tell me why she 's u , what she 's up to and that . |
| 41 | ‘ But why did n't she tell us earlier ? ’ |
| 42 | ‘ If she disliked it so much , why did n't she change it , instead of just dreaming of being adored ? ’ , |
| 43 | Why did n't she know anything ? |
| 44 | ‘ Why did n't she say anything ? ’ |
| 45 | ‘ Why did n't she join us tonight ? ’ |
| 46 | But , why did n't she call you Audrey ? ’ |
| 47 | ‘ If she is so proud of herself , why did n't she call herself by her original name ? ’ |
| 48 | If Portia Forbes wanted to consult them this morning why did n't she ask him before the funeral . |
| 49 | Turns out , Deardrie , she 's applied to be an astronaut — I remember seeing the advert , asking for people to go to the moon — it 's not that I 'm jealous , but why did n't she ask me first ? |
| 50 | ‘ Why did n't she ask someone ? ’ |
| 51 | There was no reply and Clarissa said they could n't hear him , so why did n't he leave it ? ’ |
| 52 | Why did n't he leave it alone , ? |
| 53 | So far we 've only got Roy Castle , David Hamilton , and Russell Grant ( why did n't he give us advance warning about last season ? ) |
| 54 | Why did n't he give you some Hotpoints ? |
| 55 | Why did n't he tell me the truth ? |
| 56 | ‘ But if he 's flown halfway round the world to tell me he loves me , then why did n't he tell me he loves me ? ’ |
| 57 | ‘ Why did n't he tell me ? ’ |
| 58 | ‘ But why did n't he tell me ? ’ |
| 59 | Why did n't he tell me he 'd put the collar on upside down ? |
| 60 | But why did n't he tell anybody about ? |