Example sentences of "the [noun sg] did [adv] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | spoke to since then , they says , why the heck did n't you say summat ? |
| 2 | Well I quoted the three thousand as it stood , and , but Wayne wo n't , Wayne wo n't take that , in fact Wayne says on the phone did n't he tell him |
| 3 | Then in exasperation , ‘ Why the devil did n't you stop me sooner ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Why the devil did n't he ring me to say you were coming ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Why the hell did n't they sell you to the Angels when they had the chance ? ’ |
| 6 | Then why the hell did n't he knock on the door ? |
| 7 | ‘ Why the hell did n't he turn up before ? ’ |
| 8 | His voice changed to a snarl : ‘ Then why the hell did n't he say so ? ’ |
| 9 | So why the hell did n't he ring her ? |
| 10 | ‘ He started going on again about me going into mainstream journalism , how a friend of his had contacts in Fleet Street , why the hell did n't I grow up and settle down like normal girls , why did I go around with Jake . |
| 11 | ‘ Why the hell did n't I die and be done with it ! ’ frank said bitterly . |
| 12 | ‘ Then why the hell did n't you tell me ? ’ |
| 13 | Then he floored her completely as , in a voice stiff with anger , he demanded , ‘ Why the hell did n't you tell me about Ryan ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ So why , Ruth , why the hell did n't you sort out your affairs and come back to me ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Why the hell did n't you bring this up before now ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Why the hell did n't you bother to dry off the ponies ? ’ |
| 17 | Why the hell did n't you throw yourself at the door ? ’ |
| 18 | Why the hell did n't you come to me when you were so messed up ? |
| 19 | Why the hell did n't you say so ? ’ |
| 20 | Why the hell did n't you ask me before ? ’ he said , and went to sleep at once . |
| 21 | ‘ Why the hell did n't you use fenders when you tied alongside ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Why the hell did n't she tell me ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Why the fuck did n't you make your presence known ? , |
| 24 | Why the fuck did nt he have an operation to start with ? ? |