Example sentences of "why [vb -s] [adv] [pers pn] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Once I heard the social worker say quite seriously ‘ Bloody Paki why does n't she go home ? ’ |
2 | ‘ Why does n't she go home ? ’ said Philip . |
3 | Why does n't she go home to her Mum ? ’ |
4 | Why does n't she sell up and move to something smaller ? |
5 | Why doesn why does n't it slide straight away ? |
6 | In relation to crime , perhaps the crucial question for Marxists is not ‘ Why does crime occur ? ’ , but ‘ Why does n't it occur more often ? ’ |
7 | Why do you , why does n't it work then ? |
8 | Why does n't it cut out airport and fly one less stop you know . |
9 | I think it 's a wonderful exercise why does n't it happen more often ? |
10 | well it ca n't do any harm , why does n't he go up when he 's in on Wednesday , well he 's coming to the market |
11 | Why does n't he turn up to any practices ? |
12 | I know but they did n't , he did n't suggest it to you or why does n't he say well there is this er er , you said that he did n't . |
13 | ‘ I thought for Christ 's sake why does n't he shut up ? |