Example sentences of "why do [adv] [pers pn] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did n't we make a picnic by the lake ? |
| 2 | ‘ But if they wanted to kidnap you , why did n't they make a better job of it ? ’ asked Jack . |
| 3 | Why did n't they use a spotlight ? |
| 4 | Well why did n't they get a mile away from where they put that money they could 've , they could 've been planned it away , a mile away all |
| 5 | Why did n't they produce a grandstand actually full of people ? ) complete Turkish prison with 6 of the ‘ best fans in the world ’ contained inside . |
| 6 | Damn , she thought , why did n't I choose a chair ? |
| 7 | Like a dutiful citizen , I checked in with the Usher and he looked at his clipboard and said there would be about a fifteen-minute wait , so why did n't I take a seat ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why did n't she buy a necklace she knew was paste , for the ball ? ’ |
| 9 | Why did n't she become a rape counsellor or a psychiatric nurse ? |
| 10 | So we says to him , why did n't he get a half of lager a h a bottle of Kaliber which is a half of lager non-alcohol , and put it in a pint glass . |
| 11 | ‘ Why did n't you have a shower before dinner ? |
| 12 | ‘ Why did n't you have a shot when the goin' was good ? |
| 13 | So why did why did n't you have a shower |
| 14 | ‘ I 've got to look over my shoulder , because there 's always somebody that says ‘ Well , why did n't you take a stat sample ? ’ |
| 15 | And somebody says ‘ Why did n't you take a stat ? |
| 16 | One constable said , ‘ Why did n't you get a bit of discussion going like this before ? |
| 17 | When you get this , why did n't you get a four hundred . |
| 18 | If they have no rice why do n't they eat a new paradigm ? asked the developmentalists at their seminars as they loaded their plates at the restaurant buffets in their five-star hotels . |
| 19 | ‘ Why do n't they get a job ? ' |
| 20 | What about you know , if , if someone is relatively well educated , and they come from an urban , urban rural area , why do n't they get a job in the rural area using those qualifications ? |
| 21 | To cut a long story short , next time music retailers start moaning about the recession why do n't they take a good look in the mirror and ask themselves who actually feeds them ? |
| 22 | ‘ Why do n't they take a course of adult education ? |
| 23 | Why do n't they have a drummer up there and a bass player instead of programming everything ? ’ |
| 24 | Why do n't they have a big old disaster and see if they feature it on the news |
| 25 | ‘ Why do n't we make a list of things that have to be done ? ’ she suggested practically . |
| 26 | If it 's a fun day why do n't we do a game or something . |
| 27 | ‘ And why do n't we have a bottle of champagne sent up ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Why do n't we have a prayer vigil here the night before the anniversary ? ’ |
| 29 | Why do n't we have a pub lunch and a breath of fresh air somewhere pleasant ? ’ |
| 30 | so she said I , I went in and I said to Geraldine I 'm going I owe you any bloody money take the bugger out me wages , she says I ai n't having people that I like being stabbed like that by people like that , she said she ai n't worth the salt of the earth , she 's the salt of the earth she said with people like that pointing to Jenny and Jane , no way , she said and I 'm going with my mates , I turned round and the next thing Janet and Janet and Barbara in there , when we got up the pub at twelve o'clock , course we were all having sandwiches me and Pam got the , me and er Barb got there , then Pam come in then a few more come and erm then the plumber and all that come in with them and I said oh girls we never clocked out , so I said oh well I 'm gon na have to take my key back to Steve , burst out laughing , so I said oh no I said why do n't we have a key cracking competition so of course that 's what we did we all took our keys out of our bag and we went ready for she 's a jolly good ready , steady , fellow , for she 's go and we cracked these ruddy keys and shoved them up in the air |