Example sentences of "why do you [not/n't] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did you not go to the feast ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Nurse Dungarvan , why did you not explain at once that Mr Leland was seeing a patient in here ? ’ |
| 3 | and I ca n't see the two people involved being able to stomach that very easily because questions like why did you not ask for counselling at the time or you were in charge and why did you not ensure he had any adequate |
| 4 | ‘ Then why do you not go to bed ? ’ |
| 5 | Why do you not go to a provincial university meantime , and perhaps win a scholarship to Oxford from there ? |
| 6 | ‘ Why do you not speak to Chambers ? ’ |
| 7 | Why do you not steal from shops ? |
| 8 | ‘ Then , if you think that I have overstated the reality , why do you not come with me into the slums of Whitechapel or Limehouse ? |