Example sentences of "why [verb] [adv] you [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 " Why did n't you go with him , when he asked you , why did n't you go to his room ?
2 Why did n't you go with them ? ’ he said .
3 " Why did n't you go with him , when he asked you , why did n't you go to his room ?
4 Why did n't you go to St Denis yourself ? ’
5 Why did n't you go by bike to Markham cum Cumbermound 's club ? ’
6 Why did n't you send for me ? ’
7 ‘ Oh , Elizabeth , why did n't you send for me ? ’ she demanded , gently drawing herself away yet keeping the long pale fingers entwined in her own small hand .
8 Why did n't you send for a carriage ?
9 Why did n't you send for me at once ? ’
10 Why did n't you talk to your mother about this earlier ? ’
11 Peggy had her arms around the elderly woman now , and they dung together tightly , and there was a break in Peggy 's voice as she said , ‘ Why did n't you talk about this before ?
12 Why did n't you move with your master to the North Bastion ? ’
13 Where , why did n't you walk on the pavement , on the path .
14 Why did n't you speak to him this morning ? ’
15 Why did n't you think of that before you stole the uranium ?
16 Why did n't you think of doing some good for your family instead of thinking only of yourself ? ’
17 People have said ‘ Why did n't you stay in one place ? ’ — and this would be more economic . ’
18 Why did n't you sit at his table then ?
19 ‘ So why did n't you bargain with him ?
20 Why did n't you leave with your friend ?
21 Why did n't you start at the top and work across instead of working down ?
22 ‘ And why did n't you come to me immediately ?
23 ‘ You wear trainers at Brownies , why did n't you come in those ? ’
24 Why did n't you ask for Perrier water , then ? ’ she said .
25 Why did n't you wait for me ? ’
26 If the officers could tell us that why did n't they tell the controlling labour group , I 'm sure they did and then the question is why did n't you listen to them .
27 Why did n't you write to me ? ’
28 Why did n't you write to me , Fanny ? ’
29 Why did n't you write to Sir Charles and tell him ? ’
30 Oh no , why did n't you say to him look I thought I was allowed to see er like
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