Example sentences of "why [verb] [adv] [pers pn] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did n't they make Ashi write it ? |
| 2 | Why did n't they have jobs like other people ? |
| 3 | " Why did n't I put Silver there ? " |
| 4 | What are tragic to behold are women … who suddenly do a volte face at fifty and say , ‘ Why did n't I have children ? ' ’ … |
| 5 | Why did n't she have jabs ? |
| 6 | Why did n't he wear shoes ? |
| 7 | He would have been even more surprised if he could have read Coffin 's thoughts : If the lad wanted to drive away , why did n't he take Rose 's car ? |
| 8 | If my father had wanted me to be a king , why did n't he become king himself ? |
| 9 | Why did n't you give Rob a job ? |
| 10 | Why did n't you leave instructions for me ? |
| 11 | ‘ Why did n't you tell Aunt Sarah ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Why did n't you tell Philippe ? ’ she demanded . |
| 13 | Oh love why did n't you tell Mummy ? |
| 14 | Why did n't you tell Lotta that our relationship is purely business instead of encouraging her to believe that we were — were — ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Why did n't you try Amsterdam ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Why did n't you keep copies ? ’ |
| 17 | Why did n't you ask Robert to fetch him ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If it 's such a good idea , why did n't you take Patrick to the Foundling ? ’ |
| 19 | When my master had left the palace alone , the Queen said to me , ‘ Why did n't you say goodbye to him ? |
| 20 | When she demanded whether there were any suspicious circumstances he refused to be drawn and took over the questioning : ‘ Why did n't you say Ayling was here on Friday ? ’ |
| 21 | Why did n't you put Pete 's on a ai n't you got a hook for ? |
| 22 | ‘ Why did n't you ring Mrs Gray to find out where Paul had got to when he did n't turn up ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Why did n't you get help before ? ’ asked Miss Fogerty . |
| 24 | Facing people with the budgets of the poor often prompts the response , " why do n't they make soup ? " or " Fresh vegetables are cheaper than fish fingers . " |
| 25 | Or , to put the matter more honestly , thought Dorothea Gilberd , tearing her glance from Tom Tedder , why do n't they prescribe books that Burleigh School has already got copies of ? |
| 26 | Why do n't they like James ? |
| 27 | i also missed buying a programme — question : why do n't they sell programmes after the match as well so that people who arrived late can still buy one without having to find the club shop ? |
| 28 | Why do n't they have shoeshine boys any more ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Why do n't they have mouseholes ? |
| 30 | The real question is why , why do n't we pay staff er direct transfer into bank accounts ? |