Example sentences of "why did [pers pn] not [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reviewing national programmes , however , raises key and difficult questions for both donors ( why did they not co-operate more effectively ? ) and recipients ( how could they justify a range of prestige projects ? why are they more dependant on aid than ever ? ) |
| 2 | Why did they not act boldly like the Russians ? |
| 3 | Why did I not die there and then ? |
| 4 | Instead , he had hardly begun before he was embraced by a Brahmin woman and was asked , ‘ Why did you not come sooner ? ’ |
| 5 | If he meant to take her , why did he not do so ? |
| 6 | ( If government would support a veterinary school in Edinburgh , why did it not do so in London , or was it simply not asked ? ) . |